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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 285 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  4. 4.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 13 (c) 29 (d) −29
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) −27
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 33
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 60 (d) 16
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 9
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 30
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  17. 17.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 80
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 25 (d) 53
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 5
  20. 20.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 55 (d) −33
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) −17
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 63 (c) 17 (d) 27
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) −16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 25
  29. 29.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) 27 (c) −3 (d) −17
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 44
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 18
  37. 37.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 68 (d) −30
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 31
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) 47
  40. 40.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 86 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. −20
  2. −3
  3. −4
  4. −22
  5. −7
  6. −3
  7. 29
  8. 27
  9. 11
  10. −33
  11. −4
  12. −16
  13. −1
  14. 0
  15. 10
  16. 1
  17. −40
  18. 43
  19. 5
  20. −43
  21. 17
  22. −8
  23. 26
  24. 17
  25. 0
  26. −6
  27. 15
  28. 15
  29. 17
  30. 11
  31. 9
  32. −17
  33. −20
  34. −13
  35. 4
  36. −12
  37. −40
  38. 37
  39. 37
  40. −14

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