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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 848 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 25
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 19 (c) −27 (d) 27
  4. 4.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 48
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 26
  8. 8.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 7
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 23 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 46 (c) 28 (d) −18
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 29
  15. 15.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 70
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 0 (d) 10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 42
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) −10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 14 (c) 38 (d) 48
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) 15
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 15 (d) 13
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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