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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 296 · 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 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) −5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  6. 6.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) 24 (d) 56
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) −10
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) −6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 53
  14. 14.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 46
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 18
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 13
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) −2 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −35
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 9
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 50
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 27
  32. 32.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 53 (c) 5 (d) 15
  33. 33.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −29
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 49
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 21 (d) 41
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 0
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −8
  3. 19
  4. 5
  5. 9
  6. −10
  7. −10
  8. 46
  9. 1
  10. 10
  11. −12
  12. 6
  13. 27
  14. 18
  15. −8
  16. 1
  17. 36
  18. 12
  19. 25
  20. 6
  21. 15
  22. 20
  23. 35
  24. 13
  25. 15
  26. 2
  27. 24
  28. 4
  29. 0
  30. 6
  31. −27
  32. 5
  33. −29
  34. 1
  35. 15
  36. 41
  37. −15
  38. −10
  39. 13
  40. −5

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