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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 410 · 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 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) −31 (d) 41
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −23 (d) 33
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 75 (c) 33 (d) −23
  11. 11.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) −14
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 65
  14. 14.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  16. 16.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 89
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 16
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −12
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 25 (c) 31 (d) −31
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 38
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) −9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −50 (c) −40 (d) 50
  31. 31.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 17
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 7
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 65 (c) 7 (d) −7
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 42
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 17
  37. 37.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) −10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) −14

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 17
  3. 2
  4. −6
  5. 31
  6. 23
  7. 3
  8. 7
  9. 9
  10. −33
  11. 18
  12. −14
  13. −43
  14. −2
  15. −16
  16. −25
  17. 6
  18. 12
  19. 31
  20. 38
  21. 0
  22. −9
  23. −5
  24. −4
  25. −3
  26. 7
  27. −14
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. −50
  31. −1
  32. −3
  33. −2
  34. 7
  35. 32
  36. 3
  37. 6
  38. −17
  39. 0
  40. 14

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