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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 431 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 28
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  5. 5.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  6. 6.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  15. 15.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 73 (c) −19 (d) 19
  16. 16.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 33
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −8
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 6
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 57
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 10 (d) 24
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  27. 27.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 33 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 13 (d) −19
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) −21 (d) 31
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 61 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 19

Answer key

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

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