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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 842 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 19
  2. 2.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 55
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 30
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  5. 5.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 52
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −33 (d) 43
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 25 (d) 45
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 11 (c) 41 (d) 31
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 9
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  17. 17.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 25
  19. 19.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −50 (b) 70 (c) 50 (d) −40
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −1 (d) 33
  21. 21.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 39 (d) 19
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 62
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) 22
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 3
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 54 (d) 18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 69 (c) −15 (d) 25
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 16 (d) 30
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 29
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 35
  2. −17
  3. 8
  4. −12
  5. 16
  6. 33
  7. 45
  8. 31
  9. −11
  10. −5
  11. 10
  12. 7
  13. −8
  14. 1
  15. 7
  16. −5
  17. 2
  18. 27
  19. −50
  20. 23
  21. 9
  22. −10
  23. 1
  24. 18
  25. −3
  26. 6
  27. −16
  28. 2
  29. 12
  30. −3
  31. 34
  32. −14
  33. −18
  34. −25
  35. 16
  36. 20
  37. 2
  38. 30
  39. 7
  40. −4

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