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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 415 · 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 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 27
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 26 (d) 52
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 27
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −6
  9. 9.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 21
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 19
  11. 11.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 38
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 9
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 6
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) −10
  20. 20.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 59 (d) −13
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 64 (c) −14 (d) −24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 38 (d) 20
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 25
  29. 29.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) 3 (c) −21 (d) 21
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) −31
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 31 (c) 17 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 5
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 30
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 13
  37. 37.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 34 (d) 12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) −22 (d) 22
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. −9
  2. 32
  3. 22
  4. 29
  5. 42
  6. 3
  7. 24
  8. −6
  9. 21
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 7
  13. −13
  14. 12
  15. 13
  16. −12
  17. −15
  18. −8
  19. 0
  20. −23
  21. −2
  22. −2
  23. 38
  24. 5
  25. 16
  26. −24
  27. −20
  28. 15
  29. 21
  30. 31
  31. 7
  32. 1
  33. 7
  34. −12
  35. 33
  36. 3
  37. 12
  38. 22
  39. −3
  40. 2

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