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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 127 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −3
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  8. 8.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 35 (c) −11 (d) −1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −5
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 60 (d) 6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 28 (d) 44
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 17 (d) 33
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 18 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 11 (d) 27
  19. 19.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) 20 (c) 32 (d) 42
  20. 20.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 26 (c) 10 (d) 0
  21. 21.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 39 (d) 15
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) −32
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 18
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 23
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 51 (d) −9
  35. 35.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 58
  36. 36.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 60 (d) 4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 25
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 52

Answer key

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

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