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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 864 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 23
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  3. 3.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 41
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 20
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 11
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 21
  8. 8.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 45 (d) −5
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 23
  10. 10.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 76
  13. 13.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 82 (d) −8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 23 (d) 41
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) 27
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  19. 19.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 68 (c) −26 (d) −36
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 21 (c) 53 (d) 43
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 25 (c) 55 (d) 45
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 10 (c) 44 (d) 34
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 75 (c) −35 (d) −25
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  27. 27.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) 43 (d) 53
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 31
  29. 29.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 47 (c) −19 (d) 29
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 82
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) −19
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 74 (c) −14 (d) 14
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 24 (d) 18
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. −5
  3. −17
  4. 14
  5. 15
  6. −7
  7. 31
  8. −5
  9. 15
  10. 4
  11. −11
  12. −16
  13. −8
  14. −8
  15. −11
  16. 41
  17. 17
  18. −5
  19. −36
  20. 43
  21. 45
  22. 9
  23. 34
  24. −35
  25. 12
  26. −4
  27. 43
  28. 21
  29. 19
  30. −6
  31. −16
  32. −29
  33. −6
  34. −14
  35. 1
  36. 8
  37. −2
  38. 7
  39. −9
  40. 33

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