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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 108 · 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 −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) −14 (d) 14
  2. 2.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 76 (c) −26 (d) 36
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 0
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) −19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 22
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 4
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 57 (c) −19 (d) 29
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 15 (c) −31 (d) 31
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −3
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) −5 (d) 19
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 64 (c) 8 (d) −2
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 60
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 11
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 42 (c) −10 (d) −20
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 28
  27. 27.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) −20
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 49
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) −51 (d) 63
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 68 (c) −42 (d) −32
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) −14
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 76 (c) −32 (d) 32
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 96 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 24
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 14 (d) 42
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 61 (c) 35 (d) −35
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 67 (c) −21 (d) −31
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 73 (c) −37 (d) −47

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. −36
  3. −10
  4. 19
  5. −3
  6. 18
  7. 40
  8. −2
  9. 4
  10. 27
  11. −29
  12. 31
  13. −6
  14. −13
  15. 19
  16. −2
  17. −7
  18. −12
  19. −8
  20. 38
  21. −34
  22. 3
  23. 4
  24. −20
  25. 5
  26. 8
  27. 20
  28. −29
  29. −51
  30. 13
  31. −42
  32. 14
  33. −1
  34. −32
  35. −24
  36. 32
  37. −35
  38. −4
  39. −31
  40. −47

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