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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 116 · 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 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 12
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 42
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 38 (d) −28
  10. 10.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 53 (c) −5 (d) −15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  12. 12.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) −20
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 23
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 30 (d) 34
  16. 16.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −50 (c) 50 (d) 64
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 21
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 44
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −9 (d) 19
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 19 (d) 51
  23. 23.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 37 (c) −3 (d) 3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 10
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 21
  27. 27.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 64 (c) −2 (d) −12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  29. 29.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 73
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  37. 37.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 86
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 48 (c) −22 (d) −32
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. 12
  3. 22
  4. −1
  5. 2
  6. −6
  7. 32
  8. 13
  9. 28
  10. −5
  11. 19
  12. 0
  13. 20
  14. −11
  15. 34
  16. −50
  17. −9
  18. 11
  19. 44
  20. −13
  21. 9
  22. 41
  23. 3
  24. 0
  25. 30
  26. 37
  27. −12
  28. 0
  29. 1
  30. −11
  31. −17
  32. −7
  33. 17
  34. −7
  35. −13
  36. 41
  37. −34
  38. −32
  39. −13
  40. 7

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