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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 30 · 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 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 24 (c) −42 (d) 52
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 21
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 90 (c) −24 (d) −14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 49 (d) 21
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −8
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) −20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 18 (d) −36
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 71
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 13
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 37 (d) 23
  16. 16.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 66
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) −7 (d) 7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 46
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 24 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 23 (d) 7
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 78 (d) −8
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −17
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 30
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 59 (c) 39 (d) −29
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 6 (d) 24

Answer key

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

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