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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 400 · 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 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 22 (d) 44
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 1 (d) 17
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) −2
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −7 (d) 7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 7 (d) 31
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 0
  12. 12.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −39 (c) 65 (d) 39
  13. 13.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 61 (d) −17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 12
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) −9
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  22. 22.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 61 (c) −13 (d) 13
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 62 (c) −8 (d) 8
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 39 (d) −21
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 14 (c) 46 (d) −36
  30. 30.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 69 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) 71
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 22
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 19 (c) 47 (d) −37
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  38. 38.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. 44
  3. 8
  4. 17
  5. 2
  6. 7
  7. −3
  8. 31
  9. −10
  10. 10
  11. 0
  12. −39
  13. −17
  14. −6
  15. 39
  16. 12
  17. −1
  18. −1
  19. 9
  20. 2
  21. 22
  22. 13
  23. −4
  24. 7
  25. 16
  26. 8
  27. −7
  28. −21
  29. 36
  30. −11
  31. 6
  32. 14
  33. −2
  34. −45
  35. 6
  36. 37
  37. 19
  38. −6
  39. 9
  40. 10

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