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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 856 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 22 (d) 54
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 27
  6. 6.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −4
  14. 14.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) 5 (c) −29 (d) 39
  15. 15.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) 16 (c) 40 (d) 50
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −6
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) −9
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 27 (c) 53 (d) 43
  21. 21.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) −32
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 63 (c) −15 (d) −25
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) 21 (d) 55
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 39 (c) −25 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 4
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) −24
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2

Answer key

  1. 44
  2. 32
  3. 20
  4. 7
  5. 5
  6. −3
  7. 17
  8. −1
  9. 14
  10. 4
  11. 12
  12. −22
  13. 4
  14. 29
  15. 40
  16. −6
  17. 29
  18. 9
  19. −5
  20. 43
  21. 0
  22. 26
  23. 4
  24. 5
  25. 22
  26. 4
  27. 0
  28. 32
  29. −25
  30. 45
  31. 8
  32. −25
  33. 31
  34. 7
  35. 16
  36. −1
  37. −34
  38. −1
  39. 11
  40. 2

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