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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 955 · 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) 38 (d) 48
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 20 (d) 16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 79 (c) 1 (d) −9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) 10 (d) −10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) −23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 19 (d) 43
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 4
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 13
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 36
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 65
  18. 18.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 7
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) −13
  22. 22.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 76
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 46 (d) −18
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 76 (c) 34 (d) −34
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 22 (d) −42
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 68 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 25
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 10
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 49 (c) 31 (d) −21
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. 38
  2. 6
  3. −9
  4. 10
  5. −33
  6. 4
  7. 43
  8. −2
  9. 18
  10. −4
  11. −2
  12. 1
  13. −19
  14. 29
  15. 36
  16. −3
  17. 15
  18. 5
  19. 6
  20. −3
  21. 13
  22. −10
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. 23
  26. −5
  27. 18
  28. 0
  29. −34
  30. −14
  31. −4
  32. 42
  33. 14
  34. 4
  35. −4
  36. 13
  37. −2
  38. −9
  39. 21
  40. −5

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