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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 219 · 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 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −47 (c) 59 (d) −37
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 0
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 12
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) −39
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 40
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 6 (d) 28
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 0 (d) 20
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 34 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  23. 23.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 5 (c) 33 (d) 23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 58 (d) −4
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) −8
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 37
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  31. 31.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 28
  32. 32.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 26
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −9
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 30
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 40
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 10 (c) 32 (d) 42
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) −11 (d) 11

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. 10
  3. −5
  4. −47
  5. 24
  6. 2
  7. 37
  8. −12
  9. 39
  10. −9
  11. 1
  12. 8
  13. 28
  14. −15
  15. 20
  16. 18
  17. 7
  18. 5
  19. 30
  20. 46
  21. −14
  22. −6
  23. 4
  24. 23
  25. −14
  26. −13
  27. 27
  28. 8
  29. −23
  30. 1
  31. 0
  32. −13
  33. 16
  34. 1
  35. −4
  36. 38
  37. −10
  38. 5
  39. 32
  40. 11

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