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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 339 · 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 −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −49 (b) −39 (c) 63 (d) 49
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 0
  6. 6.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 69
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 17
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) −5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) 17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 26 (c) 42 (d) 32
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −19 (d) 29
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) −3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  24. 24.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) 2 (c) 22 (d) −22
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  27. 27.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) −15
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 46
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) 25
  30. 30.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.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) −24 (d) 34
  32. 32.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) −33
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 26
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) −41
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 49 (c) −27 (d) −17
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) −7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 64 (c) 4 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. −16
  2. 14
  3. 26
  4. −49
  5. 18
  6. −13
  7. 7
  8. 4
  9. 15
  10. 22
  11. 1
  12. −16
  13. −5
  14. −8
  15. 7
  16. 32
  17. 19
  18. 6
  19. 3
  20. −1
  21. 8
  22. −3
  23. −9
  24. 22
  25. 6
  26. 24
  27. −15
  28. 46
  29. 15
  30. 1
  31. 24
  32. −43
  33. 12
  34. 41
  35. 25
  36. 0
  37. 11
  38. −27
  39. 7
  40. 4

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