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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 860 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  5. 5.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  6. 6.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) 21 (c) 55 (d) −45
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 21
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 34 (d) −2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) −12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 30
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −7
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) −6
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 51 (c) −29 (d) 29
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 57
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 52
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 29
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 10
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 5 (d) 29
  26. 26.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 20 (d) 36
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 59 (d) 15
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −9 (d) 9
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 32
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) −24 (d) 34
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. −10
  3. 2
  4. −1
  5. −8
  6. 45
  7. 36
  8. −12
  9. −7
  10. −12
  11. 18
  12. 12
  13. 20
  14. 3
  15. −6
  16. 6
  17. −2
  18. 3
  19. −13
  20. −29
  21. −29
  22. 42
  23. 35
  24. 10
  25. 19
  26. −8
  27. 26
  28. 11
  29. −15
  30. 9
  31. −6
  32. 10
  33. 2
  34. 12
  35. 31
  36. 3
  37. −5
  38. 24
  39. 15
  40. −1

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