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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 250 · 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 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 32 (c) −6 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 59 (d) −13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 0
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 7
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 41
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  16. 16.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 53 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) −28
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 61
  21. 21.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) 42 (d) −32
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 19
  24. 24.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 23
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 11 (d) −31
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 23
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 31 (d) −21
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 8 (d) 16
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 73
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 66 (d) −14
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 14
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 13 (c) 33 (d) 43
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) −15 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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