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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 227 · 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 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 5
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 17
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 65 (c) −9 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 32
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) −36
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 75 (d) −25
  11. 11.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 63 (d) −41
  12. 12.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 23 (d) −15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −48 (c) 48 (d) −38
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  16. 16.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) −35
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 78
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 26
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 48
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) 15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 65 (c) 41 (d) −41
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 90 (d) −20
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 46 (c) −16 (d) −26
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 32
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 2
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 3

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. −6
  3. −39
  4. 7
  5. −8
  6. 3
  7. 9
  8. 36
  9. 36
  10. −25
  11. −41
  12. −5
  13. 14
  14. −48
  15. 34
  16. −45
  17. −3
  18. −26
  19. 16
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. −2
  23. 4
  24. 15
  25. 5
  26. 7
  27. −27
  28. −41
  29. 25
  30. 6
  31. −3
  32. −20
  33. 5
  34. −26
  35. −2
  36. 8
  37. 2
  38. 18
  39. 6
  40. 3

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