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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 456 · 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 −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) 15
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) 16
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 62 (c) −4 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) −15 (d) 15
  7. 7.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 6
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) 19
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 16 (d) 34
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 51 (c) −39 (d) −29
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 28
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 62 (c) −24 (d) −34
  20. 20.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 18 (c) −36 (d) 36
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 51 (d) 23
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 49 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 70
  34. 34.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 69 (d) 13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. −15
  2. 16
  3. 16
  4. −1
  5. −4
  6. 15
  7. −4
  8. −19
  9. 24
  10. 24
  11. 9
  12. −11
  13. 2
  14. −6
  15. −39
  16. 30
  17. 5
  18. 38
  19. −34
  20. −2
  21. −4
  22. 36
  23. 1
  24. 10
  25. 1
  26. 5
  27. 23
  28. −11
  29. −9
  30. 8
  31. 18
  32. −17
  33. −24
  34. 0
  35. −2
  36. −4
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 44
  40. −6

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