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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 838 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 20 (d) −24
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 15
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) 21 (d) 53
  5. 5.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 55 (c) −5 (d) 5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 49
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 76
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) −15
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  13. 13.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  14. 14.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 90 (c) 16 (d) −6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  17. 17.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) −15
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 27
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) 26
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −26 (c) 84 (d) 36
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) −41
  29. 29.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 41 (c) 17 (d) 7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 37
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  33. 33.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 46
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 35
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 25 (c) 29 (d) 39
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 90
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) −10
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 22 (c) 34 (d) 44

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 24
  3. 11
  4. 43
  5. −5
  6. −25
  7. 3
  8. −2
  9. −3
  10. −10
  11. −15
  12. −20
  13. −15
  14. −16
  15. 3
  16. −2
  17. 3
  18. −10
  19. 15
  20. 19
  21. 17
  22. 10
  23. −2
  24. 16
  25. 13
  26. −36
  27. −14
  28. −41
  29. 7
  30. 26
  31. 37
  32. −4
  33. −14
  34. 5
  35. −7
  36. 29
  37. 19
  38. −12
  39. −10
  40. 34

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