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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 504 · 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 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 68 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) −16 (d) 16
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 17
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 21
  11. 11.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 69
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 93 (d) 25
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −14
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) 31
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −16
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −17
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  19. 19.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 50 (c) 8 (d) −8
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 8
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 14
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  27. 27.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 35
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 13 (d) −35
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 67 (d) 5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 33
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 10 (d) 22
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 89 (c) −31 (d) 31
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −12 (d) 22
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 25 (d) 43
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) −12
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0

Answer key

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

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