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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 369 · 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 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 2
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 12
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 9
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  11. 11.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 32
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 22
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 61 (c) −23 (d) −13
  19. 19.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 64 (d) −28
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 14
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 71 (c) −35 (d) 35
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 30
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 14 (d) 48
  30. 30.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 61 (d) 13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 32 (c) 44 (d) 34
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 46
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 14
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 25 (c) 37 (d) 47
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 36
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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