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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 159 · 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 −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 25
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 4 (c) 32 (d) 22
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  10. 10.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) −13 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 72 (d) −30
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) −14 (d) 14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 64 (c) 4 (d) −4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −55 (b) 55 (c) 65 (d) −45
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 28
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 16
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 96 (d) −20
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 88 (d) −8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 20
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  30. 30.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 51 (d) −23
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  32. 32.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  33. 33.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −4 (c) −5 (d) 5
  36. 36.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 44
  37. 37.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 81 (c) 37 (d) −37
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 55
  40. 40.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 23

Answer key

  1. −19
  2. −5
  3. 29
  4. −7
  5. 11
  6. −13
  7. 22
  8. −11
  9. 5
  10. −10
  11. 13
  12. −40
  13. 14
  14. −6
  15. −4
  16. 6
  17. −55
  18. 0
  19. −9
  20. 28
  21. 24
  22. 9
  23. 7
  24. −20
  25. −16
  26. 1
  27. −18
  28. −4
  29. 32
  30. −23
  31. −7
  32. −38
  33. 0
  34. 26
  35. −5
  36. 6
  37. −37
  38. 3
  39. −19
  40. −3

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