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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 844 · 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 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) 29
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) −15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 11
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  6. 6.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 32
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 21
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −16
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 27 (c) 39 (d) −29
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 18 (c) 42 (d) 32
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 46
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 32 (d) 6
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  19. 19.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 46
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 0
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 9
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 8
  26. 26.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 15
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 18
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 40 (c) 16 (d) 6
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 16 (d) −40
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 21
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 21 (c) −37 (d) 37
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 81 (d) −13
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  38. 38.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 48 (d) 20
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 2
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. 19
  2. −5
  3. 1
  4. 11
  5. −5
  6. −20
  7. 11
  8. 16
  9. 2
  10. 29
  11. 10
  12. 32
  13. 36
  14. 3
  15. −4
  16. −3
  17. −9
  18. 3
  19. −23
  20. −22
  21. 0
  22. 2
  23. 13
  24. −1
  25. 0
  26. −9
  27. −5
  28. 3
  29. 14
  30. −3
  31. 6
  32. 8
  33. 40
  34. 17
  35. 37
  36. −13
  37. 0
  38. 20
  39. 2
  40. 12

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