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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 519 · 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 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 3 (d) 5
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 12
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  13. 13.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 70 (c) 16 (d) −16
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 4 (d) 22
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −13
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 33 (d) −23
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 1 (d) −10
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 7 (d) 11
  25. 25.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 38 (d) −22
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) 35
  28. 28.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 27 (c) 1 (d) 11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 24 (c) 44 (d) 54
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 1 (c) −21 (d) 21
  33. 33.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 89 (d) −27
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 17
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 80 (c) 14 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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