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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 552 · 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 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −8
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) 12
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 20
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 34
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 15 (c) 41 (d) −31
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 0
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) −9 (d) 9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 18
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −8 (d) 2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −11
  23. 23.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 6
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 19 (d) 31
  29. 29.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 49 (c) 9 (d) −1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 36
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 46 (c) 0 (d) −10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 22
  39. 39.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) 14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 52

Answer key

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

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