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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 215 · 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 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 38 (d) −10
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 85
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 14
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 35
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 48
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −25
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) −12 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) 20
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 27
  22. 22.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 69 (c) 11 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 61
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 73 (d) −13
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) −22
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 9 (d) 5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 11
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 83 (d) −33
  34. 34.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 58
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 33
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 2
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. −17
  2. 10
  3. −21
  4. 4
  5. −1
  6. 14
  7. 35
  8. −4
  9. 4
  10. −15
  11. −1
  12. 19
  13. −12
  14. −2
  15. 44
  16. −7
  17. 0
  18. −27
  19. 6
  20. −9
  21. −9
  22. 1
  23. −35
  24. −2
  25. 8
  26. −13
  27. 22
  28. 8
  29. −5
  30. 1
  31. 29
  32. 7
  33. −33
  34. 10
  35. −10
  36. −7
  37. 14
  38. −30
  39. −8
  40. 2

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