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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 321 · 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 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 44
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 5
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  15. 15.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 53 (c) 27 (d) 37
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 83 (c) −5 (d) 15
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) 16 (d) −38
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 48 (d) 4
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 61 (c) −51 (d) 51
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −1 (c) 29 (d) 19
  26. 26.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 67 (c) −29 (d) 39
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 4 (c) −22 (d) 22
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 67 (d) 3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) −12
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 34 (d) −24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 34 (d) 10
  37. 37.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −35 (c) 67 (d) 35
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  39. 39.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 70 (c) 8 (d) −2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −4
  3. −6
  4. −6
  5. 34
  6. 10
  7. −9
  8. 25
  9. −5
  10. −2
  11. −2
  12. −10
  13. −1
  14. 1
  15. 27
  16. −15
  17. 0
  18. −5
  19. 14
  20. 38
  21. 11
  22. −12
  23. 4
  24. −51
  25. 19
  26. −39
  27. −16
  28. 22
  29. 12
  30. 37
  31. −6
  32. 9
  33. −3
  34. 12
  35. 24
  36. 0
  37. −35
  38. −5
  39. −2
  40. 4

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