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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 979 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −2
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 3
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 25 (d) 43
  10. 10.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 81 (d) 5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 9 (c) −29 (d) 29
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) −9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 29 (d) −19
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) −11
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) 36 (d) −26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 11 (d) 29
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −11 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 10
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 78 (d) −6
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 69
  29. 29.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 83 (c) −23 (d) 33
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −4
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 19
  32. 32.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −12

Answer key

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

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