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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 90 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 5 (d) 35
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 68 (d) 14
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  7. 7.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) −9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 55 (d) 17
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 19
  12. 12.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 60
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) −32
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 33 (d) −23
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 10 (d) −4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 5
  21. 21.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −48 (c) 64 (d) 48
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) −12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 73
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 63 (c) 23 (d) −23
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 42 (d) −30
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 31 (c) 47 (d) −37
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −9
  30. 30.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 28
  31. 31.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 8
  34. 34.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 56
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) −3
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) −17
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  39. 39.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) 23 (c) 3 (d) −13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 83 (c) 21 (d) −11

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. 16
  3. −5
  4. −14
  5. −1
  6. −6
  7. −7
  8. 9
  9. 7
  10. −6
  11. 9
  12. 16
  13. 19
  14. 11
  15. 32
  16. 23
  17. −6
  18. 30
  19. −14
  20. 29
  21. −48
  22. 12
  23. −17
  24. 39
  25. −23
  26. −30
  27. 6
  28. 37
  29. −9
  30. 4
  31. 1
  32. −5
  33. −2
  34. 12
  35. −3
  36. 10
  37. 17
  38. 7
  39. 13
  40. −21

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