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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 89 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 32
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 21
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 86 (c) −2 (d) −12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 22 (d) 24
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 57 (c) −41 (d) −31
  6. 6.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 6
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 24 (c) 46 (d) 56
  9. 9.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 12
  11. 11.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) −20 (c) 0 (d) 30
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 26
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 62
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 19
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  21. 21.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 73 (d) 1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 6
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 26
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 62 (c) −40 (d) −50
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 11 (c) 39 (d) −29
  28. 28.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 28 (c) −2 (d) 12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 29
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 0
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 22 (d) 40
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 16 (c) 50 (d) 40
  34. 34.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 67 (c) 37 (d) −37
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 29
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 36
  38. 38.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) −31 (c) 41 (d) 21
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) 20
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. 34
  2. 25
  3. −12
  4. 14
  5. −41
  6. 12
  7. −14
  8. 46
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 20
  12. −7
  13. 8
  14. 24
  15. 16
  16. 18
  17. −6
  18. 1
  19. 9
  20. 25
  21. 1
  22. 6
  23. 16
  24. 13
  25. −50
  26. 1
  27. 29
  28. −12
  29. 41
  30. 0
  31. −19
  32. 30
  33. 40
  34. −37
  35. −8
  36. 7
  37. −36
  38. 31
  39. 10
  40. −11

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