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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 866 · 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 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) 27
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 14
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) −11
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) −16 (d) 26
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 26 (d) −30
  6. 6.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  8. 8.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 77
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 45 (c) −7 (d) −17
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 27
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 17
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 0
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) 1
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 9 (c) 39 (d) 29
  30. 30.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  32. 32.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 86 (c) −22 (d) 22
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 58 (c) −14 (d) 24
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 46 (c) 8 (d) 2
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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