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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 91 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 20 (c) 48 (d) 38
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 38
  4. 4.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  5. 5.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 50
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) −3
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 33 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −5 (d) −15
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 63 (c) −45 (d) 45
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 21 (d) 43
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  25. 25.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 81
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 6
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 43 (c) 21 (d) −21
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 8
  30. 30.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  31. 31.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 16 (c) 48 (d) −38
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 23
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 5
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 21
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  38. 38.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 65
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) −37
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 38
  2. −8
  3. 0
  4. 0
  5. 4
  6. −13
  7. 0
  8. 11
  9. −5
  10. −15
  11. 17
  12. 0
  13. 1
  14. 11
  15. −9
  16. −3
  17. −9
  18. 12
  19. 1
  20. −45
  21. 17
  22. 33
  23. 8
  24. 10
  25. −25
  26. 6
  27. −21
  28. 20
  29. −8
  30. −16
  31. −4
  32. 38
  33. 35
  34. 19
  35. 6
  36. 41
  37. 32
  38. −23
  39. 37
  40. −4

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