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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 337 · 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) 3 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  6. 6.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 50 (d) 34
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 27
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 39 (c) −7 (d) 17
  13. 13.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 70 (c) 4 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 22
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 36
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 9
  19. 19.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) 15 (d) 13
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) 18
  21. 21.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 39 (d) −3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) −14 (d) 14
  24. 24.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −11
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 1
  27. 27.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 61 (d) 19
  28. 28.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 87 (c) −19 (d) 19
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 24 (c) −42 (d) 52
  30. 30.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) −9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 4
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 85 (d) −19
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  40. 40.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 51 (d) −17

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 12
  3. −8
  4. −9
  5. 23
  6. −4
  7. −2
  8. −34
  9. −5
  10. 11
  11. −15
  12. −17
  13. −4
  14. −1
  15. 18
  16. 26
  17. −10
  18. 9
  19. 15
  20. 8
  21. −3
  22. −3
  23. 14
  24. −9
  25. −11
  26. −1
  27. −19
  28. −19
  29. 42
  30. −19
  31. 1
  32. −14
  33. −13
  34. 0
  35. −6
  36. −1
  37. −29
  38. 9
  39. 0
  40. −17

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