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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 316 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 46
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 18
  4. 4.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) −20
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 26
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 13
  10. 10.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) 15 (c) 13 (d) 25
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) −18
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −4
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 51 (d) −1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −36 (c) −46 (d) 46
  18. 18.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) 7 (d) 19
  19. 19.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 35
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 16
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 20 (c) 44 (d) 54
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 44 (d) −20
  23. 23.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 47 (d) 21
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  25. 25.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 10
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 31 (d) −33
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 0
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) −23
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 68
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 77 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 0
  3. 20
  4. −9
  5. 22
  6. 20
  7. 6
  8. 0
  9. 3
  10. 15
  11. −6
  12. −18
  13. −14
  14. −9
  15. −1
  16. 8
  17. −46
  18. 19
  19. 9
  20. −8
  21. 44
  22. −30
  23. 11
  24. −4
  25. 1
  26. −10
  27. 33
  28. 0
  29. 2
  30. 6
  31. 9
  32. 4
  33. 3
  34. 0
  35. 23
  36. 8
  37. 16
  38. 1
  39. −10
  40. 1

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