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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 165 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 20
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  4. 4.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −11
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −4
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 20 (d) −24
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 48 (c) 0 (d) 10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 53 (d) −33
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) −32
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 23 (d) 39
  20. 20.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 46
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  22. 22.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 79
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 71 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 5 (d) 29
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 10
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) −7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 63
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 51
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −48 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 70
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 46
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 10
  3. 38
  4. −20
  5. 11
  6. −4
  7. 1
  8. −1
  9. −7
  10. 24
  11. −2
  12. 0
  13. −1
  14. 1
  15. −33
  16. −32
  17. 6
  18. −20
  19. 39
  20. −10
  21. −16
  22. −27
  23. −5
  24. −19
  25. −18
  26. 29
  27. 29
  28. −16
  29. −4
  30. −5
  31. 4
  32. 12
  33. −6
  34. 7
  35. −37
  36. 7
  37. −8
  38. −48
  39. 12
  40. −4

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