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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 423 · 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 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 22
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  6. 6.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) −8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 26 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −4 (d) −20
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 14 (c) −38 (d) 48
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 27 (d) −17
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 14
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −2
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 0
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 39 (d) 1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 28 (d) 18
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 51
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 9 (d) 43
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 12
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 38
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) −43
  29. 29.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  30. 30.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 73 (d) −5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 48 (d) −12
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 2 (d) −20
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 50 (d) −16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 17
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 14
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 12

Answer key

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

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