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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 173 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 21 (d) −23
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 81
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 11
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 94
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 93 (d) 23
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  15. 15.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 76 (c) 2 (d) 8
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 72 (c) −28 (d) −38
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  20. 20.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 54 (d) −36
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  22. 22.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 84
  23. 23.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 80 (c) −14 (d) −24
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −49 (c) −39 (d) 49
  25. 25.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 56 (d) −14
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 0
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 10
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 60 (c) 18 (d) −8
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 24 (c) 54 (d) 44
  34. 34.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 63 (c) −23 (d) 33
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 17 (c) 29 (d) 39
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 58 (c) −22 (d) 22
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 24 (c) −42 (d) 42
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 20
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 10
  3. 23
  4. −5
  5. −5
  6. 16
  7. −1
  8. 12
  9. 1
  10. 24
  11. −14
  12. −3
  13. −23
  14. 2
  15. −8
  16. −10
  17. −38
  18. 4
  19. −16
  20. −36
  21. −2
  22. −26
  23. −24
  24. −49
  25. 14
  26. −10
  27. 6
  28. −6
  29. 14
  30. −18
  31. −6
  32. −13
  33. 44
  34. −33
  35. 29
  36. −22
  37. 42
  38. 10
  39. −7
  40. −1

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