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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 418 · 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 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 29 (d) 39
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −8 (d) 18
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  10. 10.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) 9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 53 (c) 17 (d) −17
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 41 (d) −25
  17. 17.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 47
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 22
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  20. 20.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 45 (d) 5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 17
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  26. 26.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) 44 (d) 22
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 89 (d) −11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −2
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 2
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 20
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 67 (c) 51 (d) −51
  39. 39.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 39
  3. −1
  4. 2
  5. 8
  6. −4
  7. −2
  8. 9
  9. −2
  10. −1
  11. −8
  12. 7
  13. −6
  14. 17
  15. 2
  16. −25
  17. −25
  18. 14
  19. 12
  20. 19
  21. 13
  22. 5
  23. 5
  24. 11
  25. 10
  26. 44
  27. 3
  28. −11
  29. −6
  30. 8
  31. −2
  32. 2
  33. 13
  34. 4
  35. 27
  36. 12
  37. −13
  38. −51
  39. −3
  40. −20

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