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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 862 · 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 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) −45
  2. 2.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 63 (c) 53 (d) −53
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 45 (d) 31
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 47 (c) −23 (d) 23
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) 24 (d) −36
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) −12
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) −24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 84 (c) −4 (d) −14
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 62 (d) 40
  17. 17.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 73 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 88 (c) 32 (d) −22
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 15
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) 16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −35
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) −21
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 7 (d) 25
  29. 29.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 51
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 46 (d) 4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 59
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 59 (c) −13 (d) −23
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 32
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 45
  2. −53
  3. −31
  4. −7
  5. −6
  6. 23
  7. 36
  8. 12
  9. −2
  10. −1
  11. 24
  12. −14
  13. 0
  14. 1
  15. 11
  16. −40
  17. −15
  18. −32
  19. 6
  20. −9
  21. 16
  22. 3
  23. 35
  24. −1
  25. −21
  26. 6
  27. 11
  28. 15
  29. 11
  30. 0
  31. 4
  32. −4
  33. 4
  34. −21
  35. 1
  36. 22
  37. −23
  38. −6
  39. 8
  40. −11

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