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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 269 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 42 (c) −26 (d) 26
  4. 4.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 27
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 12
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) −12
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 10 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) 26 (d) −42
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) −27
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) 16
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 25
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 27
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 27
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) −13
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) −11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) −5
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) 18 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 63 (c) 7 (d) 3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  33. 33.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 51 (c) −1 (d) 1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) −29 (d) 39
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 33
  36. 36.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 25 (d) −33
  38. 38.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 76 (d) −16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 70 (d) −46
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −3
  3. −26
  4. −2
  5. 3
  6. 16
  7. −12
  8. 30
  9. 3
  10. 13
  11. −14
  12. 42
  13. 7
  14. 27
  15. 23
  16. −16
  17. −9
  18. 5
  19. 13
  20. 37
  21. −14
  22. −14
  23. 5
  24. 17
  25. 13
  26. 11
  27. 5
  28. 8
  29. 40
  30. 0
  31. −7
  32. 6
  33. 1
  34. 29
  35. −33
  36. −15
  37. 33
  38. −16
  39. −46
  40. 12

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