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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 324 · 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 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 75 (d) 5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 52
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 0
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  10. 10.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 46 (c) 24 (d) −14
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −14 (d) 24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 69 (c) −39 (d) 39
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 25
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 51 (c) −37 (d) 37
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 12
  21. 21.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 16
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −3
  30. 30.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 36 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 44
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 31
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 2 (d) 22
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) −18

Answer key

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

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