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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 909 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 25 (c) −39 (d) 39
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) −14 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 14
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) −20 (d) 30
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 53 (c) 19 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) −28
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) −14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  14. 14.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) 70 (d) 22
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 81 (c) −21 (d) −11
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 73 (c) −11 (d) 11
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) −54 (c) 54 (d) 64
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 76 (c) 14 (d) 4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 30 (d) 42
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 32
  22. 22.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 34
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −19
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 17 (c) 51 (d) 41
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 17 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 3
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 5
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 38
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −21 (d) 31
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 46 (d) −2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 25 (c) −29 (d) 29
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 22 (c) 52 (d) −42
  34. 34.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 3 (c) −23 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) 25
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 60 (c) −38 (d) −48
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −13
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 39
  2. 14
  3. −6
  4. 20
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 28
  8. 15
  9. 16
  10. 14
  11. 5
  12. 12
  13. 19
  14. −22
  15. −21
  16. −8
  17. −11
  18. −54
  19. 4
  20. 32
  21. −32
  22. 4
  23. −19
  24. 41
  25. 9
  26. 15
  27. 27
  28. 0
  29. −20
  30. 21
  31. −2
  32. 29
  33. 42
  34. −2
  35. 23
  36. 1
  37. 25
  38. −48
  39. −3
  40. 11

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