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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 924 · 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 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) −14
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  8. 8.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) −30 (d) −40
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 0
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 12
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 21 (c) −37 (d) 37
  14. 14.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) 30 (d) 20
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) −5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 56 (c) 10 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 61
  19. 19.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 63 (d) −47
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 66 (c) −10 (d) 0
  23. 23.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −22
  33. 33.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 55 (d) 9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −49 (c) 49 (d) 59
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 19
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 26
  2. 14
  3. 12
  4. −2
  5. 27
  6. 7
  7. 18
  8. −40
  9. 22
  10. −4
  11. −11
  12. −8
  13. 37
  14. 20
  15. −5
  16. −9
  17. −10
  18. 13
  19. −47
  20. 37
  21. 14
  22. 0
  23. −31
  24. −9
  25. 24
  26. −3
  27. −1
  28. −2
  29. 12
  30. 1
  31. 9
  32. 22
  33. −1
  34. −49
  35. 39
  36. 1
  37. 16
  38. 7
  39. −9
  40. 6

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