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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 408 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) −11
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 15
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) 21
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 3
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 51 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) −12
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 16 (d) −40
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) 19
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 51 (d) 13
  15. 15.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) 18 (c) −6 (d) −18
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −16
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 16 (d) 36
  20. 20.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 45 (d) −5
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 51
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −28 (d) 38
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) −54
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) −10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) −34
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) 5
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 0 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 60 (d) −4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 13
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) −13
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −12

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −11
  3. 5
  4. 11
  5. −1
  6. 19
  7. 11
  8. −7
  9. −22
  10. 40
  11. 3
  12. −19
  13. 8
  14. 3
  15. 18
  16. −1
  17. −16
  18. 0
  19. 36
  20. −5
  21. −8
  22. 7
  23. −9
  24. 21
  25. 7
  26. 28
  27. −13
  28. −54
  29. −2
  30. −10
  31. −9
  32. 1
  33. 34
  34. −5
  35. 16
  36. −4
  37. −9
  38. 1
  39. 13
  40. 12

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