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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 876 · 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 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 6
  2. 2.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 87
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 31 (d) −21
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 64 (c) −10 (d) 10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) 17
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 84 (c) −6 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 71 (c) −13 (d) 13
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −9
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 63 (c) 19 (d) −9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 19
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 49
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 58 (d) −30
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  28. 28.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) −1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 0
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 18 (d) −28
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 48 (c) 0 (d) 10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) −10
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 52 (c) 16 (d) 26
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  39. 39.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 59 (d) 25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 86 (c) −12 (d) −22

Answer key

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

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