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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 852 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) −42
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 27
  3. 3.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  5. 5.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) −31
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) −18
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 36 (c) −8 (d) −18
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 5 (d) 39
  9. 9.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) 20 (c) 24 (d) 34
  10. 10.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 69
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 12
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −13
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 40
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) −10
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 45 (d) −23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) −18
  28. 28.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 38
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) −34
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 19
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 31

Answer key

  1. 42
  2. 7
  3. −3
  4. 35
  5. −41
  6. −18
  7. −18
  8. 29
  9. 24
  10. −31
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 5
  14. −13
  15. −12
  16. −10
  17. −15
  18. −4
  19. 29
  20. 6
  21. −26
  22. 23
  23. 0
  24. −20
  25. −5
  26. 0
  27. 18
  28. −4
  29. −6
  30. −34
  31. 21
  32. 9
  33. −26
  34. 3
  35. 13
  36. −12
  37. 26
  38. −7
  39. −3
  40. −17

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