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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 995 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 5 (d) 27
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 34 (d) −24
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 77
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 13
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 12
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) 14
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 13 (c) 45 (d) 35
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 69 (c) −7 (d) 17
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 27
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 22 (d) 14
  22. 22.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) 0 (c) −24 (d) 24
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 14 (c) 44 (d) −34
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) −20
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) −44
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  28. 28.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 9 (d) 33
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 57 (c) 11 (d) −1
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −18
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) −7 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 28
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −2
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 24
  3. −6
  4. −23
  5. 11
  6. −2
  7. −2
  8. 2
  9. −1
  10. −10
  11. 14
  12. 35
  13. −5
  14. 9
  15. 1
  16. −17
  17. 17
  18. 23
  19. 2
  20. 13
  21. 14
  22. 24
  23. 23
  24. 34
  25. −20
  26. 44
  27. −6
  28. −23
  29. 33
  30. 1
  31. −11
  32. −9
  33. −18
  34. −5
  35. −7
  36. 16
  37. 10
  38. −5
  39. 2
  40. −9

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