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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 143 · 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 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 20
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 15 (d) −31
  3. 3.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 31 (d) 5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  5. 5.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) −28
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 55
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 81 (d) −33
  9. 9.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 25 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 18
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 31
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  19. 19.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 51 (c) 15 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 68 (c) −18 (d) 28
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) −6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 67
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −22 (d) 32
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 14 (d) 36
  30. 30.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) 21 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 23
  32. 32.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 83 (d) −13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 42
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 20
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) −2 (c) 30 (d) 20
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −24
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20

Answer key

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

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