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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 422 · 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 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 11
  5. 5.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 24
  7. 7.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  8. 8.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 69
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 21 (c) 53 (d) 43
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −8 (d) 2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 85 (c) −9 (d) 9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 30
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 17
  19. 19.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 66 (c) −36 (d) 36
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 15 (c) −31 (d) 31
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 11 (d) −35
  27. 27.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −6
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 19 (d) 13
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) −18
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 44 (c) 12 (d) −12
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 21 (d) −31
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 12
  38. 38.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 67 (c) −49 (d) 49
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) 39
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −17

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 4
  3. 41
  4. −11
  5. 14
  6. 16
  7. −21
  8. 9
  9. 43
  10. −8
  11. −9
  12. 13
  13. −1
  14. 0
  15. 2
  16. −2
  17. −3
  18. 13
  19. −36
  20. 38
  21. −5
  22. 31
  23. −7
  24. −13
  25. 11
  26. 35
  27. 11
  28. 4
  29. 13
  30. 3
  31. 18
  32. 7
  33. −12
  34. 14
  35. 31
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. −49
  39. 39
  40. 17

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