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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 308 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 3 (c) −15 (d) 5
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 21
  4. 4.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 72 (c) −32 (d) −42
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 17
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 14
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 12
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −46 (c) −36 (d) 46
  13. 13.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 29
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 30 (d) 14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 8
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 22
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 61
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 69 (d) 7
  27. 27.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 47
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −2
  29. 29.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 92
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 48 (d) −8
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 52
  35. 35.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 49 (c) 13 (d) −3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −8

Answer key

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

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