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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 112 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 9 (d) 25
  5. 5.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) 27 (d) 5
  6. 6.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) 3 (d) 33
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 38 (d) −28
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) 4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 11 (d) 41
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 25 (c) −43 (d) 43
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 17 (d) 31
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 20
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 41 (c) −29 (d) 29
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 86 (c) −18 (d) −8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) −20
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 18 (d) −10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 22
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 17
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 14
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) −20
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 9
  35. 35.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 50 (d) 38
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −47 (c) 47 (d) −37
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 36
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 8
  39. 39.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. 3
  3. −3
  4. 25
  5. 27
  6. 23
  7. 28
  8. 4
  9. 31
  10. −2
  11. 43
  12. 3
  13. −13
  14. 0
  15. 31
  16. 0
  17. 32
  18. −7
  19. −29
  20. −18
  21. −30
  22. −4
  23. −10
  24. 4
  25. −5
  26. 2
  27. 1
  28. 6
  29. −8
  30. −10
  31. −8
  32. 3
  33. −2
  34. −1
  35. 28
  36. −47
  37. 26
  38. 20
  39. 6
  40. 4

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