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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 258 · 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 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) −4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 63 (c) 11 (d) 21
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 21
  5. 5.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 23 (d) −39
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 25
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 24
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 62 (d) 4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 10
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 43
  16. 16.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) −39 (d) −29
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 8
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  19. 19.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 61 (d) −35
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) −10 (d) −20
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  23. 23.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 40 (c) 28 (d) 18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 21
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −49 (c) −39 (d) 49
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 2
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −38
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 55 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 52 (d) −10
  37. 37.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 74 (c) −10 (d) 0
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  39. 39.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 18
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17

Answer key

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

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