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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 470 · 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 −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) 15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 29
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −35 (d) 35
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) −11 (d) 21
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 22
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) 69 (c) −41 (d) 51
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 24 (d) 28
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −13 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) −7
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 30
  14. 14.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 67
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  16. 16.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 77
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 13
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 28
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 27
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 21
  23. 23.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 74 (d) −18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  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) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) −1
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 29
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −15 (d) 25
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 14
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  31. 31.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) −21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −3
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  38. 38.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 49
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 30

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 5
  3. −28
  4. 11
  5. 35
  6. 11
  7. 2
  8. 22
  9. −51
  10. 28
  11. −13
  12. 7
  13. −18
  14. −5
  15. −37
  16. −11
  17. 31
  18. 8
  19. 17
  20. 1
  21. 7
  22. −1
  23. −28
  24. −5
  25. 24
  26. −1
  27. 33
  28. 15
  29. 4
  30. 16
  31. −21
  32. −2
  33. −3
  34. −9
  35. 35
  36. 34
  37. 30
  38. −31
  39. −4
  40. 30

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