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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 235 · 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 −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −12
  3. 3.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 30
  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 ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 3
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 75 (c) 43 (d) −43
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 24
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  14. 14.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 47
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 67 (c) −37 (d) −47
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 57 (c) 47 (d) −47
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 43
  22. 22.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) −44 (d) 54
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) −12 (d) 12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 23
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 29
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 73 (c) 1 (d) 9
  29. 29.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 59 (d) −21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 83 (d) 31
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 60 (c) −38 (d) 38
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −13 (d) 23
  35. 35.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 55 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 28
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −6
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. 12
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 6
  6. 8
  7. 19
  8. 3
  9. −15
  10. 18
  11. −43
  12. 14
  13. 31
  14. −11
  15. −47
  16. 35
  17. 2
  18. 47
  19. −7
  20. 30
  21. −29
  22. 44
  23. −9
  24. 16
  25. 12
  26. −5
  27. 41
  28. −9
  29. −31
  30. −31
  31. −3
  32. −7
  33. −38
  34. 13
  35. 9
  36. 4
  37. −1
  38. 32
  39. −6
  40. −14

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