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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 448 · 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 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 72 (c) 4 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 31
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 49 (d) −13
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 61 (d) −49
  10. 10.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) 48 (c) 18 (d) 38
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 45 (c) −23 (d) −33
  13. 13.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 90
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  16. 16.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 58 (d) −20
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) −14
  18. 18.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 65
  19. 19.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 65 (d) 11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) −25
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 6
  23. 23.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 54
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) −17
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) −2
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) −18
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 62 (c) 2 (d) −8
  31. 31.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 56 (c) −24 (d) 34
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 19
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −28 (d) 38
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 33 (d) 47
  40. 40.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 64 (c) −40 (d) −30

Answer key

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

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