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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 104 · 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 sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 15
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 46 (c) 2 (d) 8
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 38 (c) 8 (d) 2
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 56 (c) −34 (d) −44
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 21
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  15. 15.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) −50 (d) 68
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 26
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 20
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) −19
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 29
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 55
  34. 34.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −42
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 19
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. −2
  3. 0
  4. −8
  5. 5
  6. −2
  7. −44
  8. −3
  9. 4
  10. −4
  11. −9
  12. 7
  13. 11
  14. −20
  15. −15
  16. −13
  17. 31
  18. −14
  19. 2
  20. −7
  21. 1
  22. 5
  23. −50
  24. 28
  25. 4
  26. 40
  27. 19
  28. 5
  29. −10
  30. 37
  31. 16
  32. −4
  33. 9
  34. −42
  35. −4
  36. −7
  37. −6
  38. 21
  39. −1
  40. 1

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