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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 139 · 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 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  2. 2.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 61
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 19 (d) 27
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 61 (c) −3 (d) 3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 26 (c) 54 (d) −44
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) −25 (d) 57
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 31 (d) 1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 53 (c) −5 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 86
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 21
  19. 19.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 65
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  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) 39 (c) −15 (d) 15
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 98
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 14 (c) 40 (d) −30
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 11
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  29. 29.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 62
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 14 (c) −32 (d) 32
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 48 (c) 22 (d) −22
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) −15
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 19

Answer key

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

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