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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 133 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 49 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 59 (c) 23 (d) 13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 60 (c) 12 (d) −2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −25
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) −4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 26
  10. 10.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 55
  11. 11.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −4
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 2
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) 2
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 4 (d) 10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 75 (d) −17
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 24 (c) 44 (d) −44
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  26. 26.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 36
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 36 (d) 10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 16 (d) 24
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 54
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 16
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 12
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17

Answer key

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

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