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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 978 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 11
  6. 6.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −29
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 4
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) −3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 35 (d) 7
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 11 (c) −7 (d) 17
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 60
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 28
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 46 (d) −22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 64 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 33 (d) −23
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  25. 25.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 1 (d) −10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 78 (d) −40
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 69 (c) −15 (d) 15
  31. 31.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) 29 (c) −3 (d) 19
  32. 32.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 24
  35. 35.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 58 (d) −42
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −1
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 14
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −16 (d) 26

Answer key

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

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