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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 155 · 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 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 28
  4. 4.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) −8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 11
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 15 (c) 47 (d) 37
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −19
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 19 (d) −29
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 54
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 30 (d) 42
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) −11
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 6 (c) 34 (d) 24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) 17
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 18
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 78 (d) −20
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 39 (c) −7 (d) 7
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 28
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 63 (d) −15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 43 (c) −5 (d) 15
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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