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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 940 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) −20 (d) 20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 14
  3. 3.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 56 (c) 14 (d) −14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 41
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) −30
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 46 (c) 26 (d) −26
  9. 9.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  10. 10.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 77
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 23 (d) −31
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −14
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) −10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 28
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 14
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 42
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 15
  22. 22.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 76 (c) −12 (d) 22
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 4 (d) 14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −3 (c) 29 (d) 19
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 3
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) −15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 25
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 12
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 17 (d) −1
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 46
  40. 40.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 53 (c) −15 (d) −5

Answer key

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

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