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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 304 · 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 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 33
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 15
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 38 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 90 (c) −20 (d) 30
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 50 (d) 28
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 7
  8. 8.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 69 (d) −9
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 16
  11. 11.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 32
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) −18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 19
  16. 16.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 55
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 28 (d) 12
  18. 18.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −23
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) −25 (d) 35
  20. 20.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 6
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 20 (d) 32
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 30
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 42 (d) −20
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 20
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) 26
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 35 (c) −3 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 54
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 19
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 13
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 16 (c) 30 (d) 20
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 74 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −1
  35. 35.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 21
  37. 37.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 19
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 12 (c) 32 (d) −32

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 35
  3. 25
  4. 2
  5. −30
  6. 28
  7. −11
  8. −9
  9. 21
  10. −2
  11. 4
  12. −11
  13. −10
  14. −18
  15. −5
  16. 9
  17. 2
  18. −13
  19. 25
  20. −6
  21. 22
  22. 20
  23. 19
  24. −20
  25. 10
  26. 44
  27. −13
  28. −14
  29. 23
  30. 3
  31. 20
  32. −11
  33. −14
  34. 19
  35. 16
  36. −3
  37. 10
  38. 9
  39. 2
  40. 32

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