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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 98 · 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 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  2. 2.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 46 (c) −26 (d) 36
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 85
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 5 (c) −23 (d) 23
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 5 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) 17
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 67
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) −11
  17. 17.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 59
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 16
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 30
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −11
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 38
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 19
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) −19
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 28
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) −19
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 5
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) −24
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 14 (d) 38

Answer key

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

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