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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 164 · 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 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 30
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 86
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 12
  5. 5.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 51 (c) −21 (d) 21
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 9 (c) −31 (d) 41
  7. 7.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 3
  8. 8.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) 14 (c) −36 (d) 36
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 17
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 3
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −24 (d) −14
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 7
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 47 (c) 57 (d) −47
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  25. 25.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) 9
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −10
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 0
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 62 (c) 14 (d) −14
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 59
  31. 31.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −15 (d) −5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 61 (d) −17
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) 3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. 8
  3. −26
  4. 28
  5. 21
  6. 31
  7. 3
  8. 36
  9. −13
  10. 5
  11. −8
  12. 29
  13. 14
  14. −4
  15. 3
  16. −10
  17. −14
  18. 2
  19. 6
  20. 3
  21. 27
  22. 40
  23. 47
  24. 12
  25. −5
  26. −1
  27. 0
  28. 0
  29. 14
  30. 17
  31. −5
  32. −27
  33. −7
  34. 3
  35. 11
  36. −6
  37. −3
  38. 9
  39. 25
  40. −9

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