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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 846 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 24
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −5 (d) 27
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 17
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 48 (c) 20 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) 23 (d) −43
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 54
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 73 (c) 35 (d) −25
  20. 20.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) −2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 52
  30. 30.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 54 (c) 2 (d) 12
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  32. 32.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 44 (d) 20
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) −16
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −18
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 11 (d) 35
  38. 38.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 61 (c) −5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) 22 (d) 56

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. −4
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. −4
  6. 0
  7. −3
  8. 39
  9. −1
  10. −5
  11. 6
  12. 10
  13. 43
  14. −4
  15. −24
  16. −1
  17. 7
  18. 0
  19. −35
  20. 2
  21. 6
  22. 12
  23. 3
  24. −5
  25. 2
  26. 5
  27. 20
  28. −6
  29. 42
  30. 2
  31. 11
  32. 10
  33. 34
  34. −8
  35. −6
  36. −8
  37. 25
  38. 5
  39. 37
  40. 46

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