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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 181 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 17
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −17
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 9 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) 8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 39 (c) −5 (d) −15
  8. 8.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 60
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 90
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −29 (d) 39
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) 21
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  18. 18.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 39
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 16
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 39 (c) −1 (d) −11
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −3
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 70 (d) 4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 14
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 16
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 22
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 42 (d) −30
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) 63 (c) −41 (d) 51

Answer key

  1. −19
  2. 33
  3. 7
  4. −17
  5. −13
  6. 8
  7. −15
  8. 7
  9. 16
  10. 6
  11. −13
  12. −8
  13. −16
  14. 29
  15. −6
  16. 11
  17. 35
  18. 1
  19. −14
  20. −11
  21. 8
  22. 15
  23. −8
  24. −9
  25. 3
  26. 8
  27. 4
  28. 2
  29. 27
  30. 6
  31. 26
  32. 5
  33. 28
  34. −6
  35. −30
  36. 3
  37. −18
  38. 5
  39. −3
  40. −51

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