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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 253 · 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 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 19
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 26
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 68 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) 11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  10. 10.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 3 (c) −21 (d) 21
  12. 12.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) 35 (d) 45
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) −17
  16. 16.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  17. 17.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 43 (d) 5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 71
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −49 (c) 49 (d) −39
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −7 (d) 7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) −11
  26. 26.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 17 (d) −1
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 62 (c) −2 (d) −12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 31
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 58 (d) −36
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) −26 (d) 36
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  35. 35.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 28
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) −24 (d) 24
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 53 (d) −13
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. 13
  3. 28
  4. 37
  5. 13
  6. −4
  7. −4
  8. 11
  9. 10
  10. 3
  11. 21
  12. 35
  13. 30
  14. −3
  15. −17
  16. −12
  17. 5
  18. 39
  19. −7
  20. 2
  21. 14
  22. 9
  23. −49
  24. 7
  25. 11
  26. −17
  27. −1
  28. −12
  29. 21
  30. −36
  31. 2
  32. −7
  33. 26
  34. 12
  35. −7
  36. 4
  37. 24
  38. −3
  39. −13
  40. −12

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