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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 891 · 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) −45 (b) 23 (c) 45 (d) 55
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 21
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 11
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 26 (c) 46 (d) 36
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) 27
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 18 (c) 44 (d) −34
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) 69 (d) −35
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 31 (c) −33 (d) 43
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 36
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 10
  15. 15.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 61
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) 39
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 21 (d) 9
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 18
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 69 (d) −29
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 23 (c) 49 (d) 39
  27. 27.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 51
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −7 (d) 7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 50 (d) 26
  30. 30.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 2
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −15
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 1
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 51 (c) −21 (d) 21

Answer key

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

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