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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 963 · 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 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 81 (c) 7 (d) −7
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.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) −22 (c) 18 (d) 22
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 19
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 50
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  15. 15.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 47
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 5 (d) −25
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 33
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −10
  24. 24.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 93 (c) 13 (d) −13
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  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) −27 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) 37
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 0
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) −11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) 16
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 39 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 32 (c) 46 (d) 36
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 66
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 30

Answer key

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

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