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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 558 · 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 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 64 (d) 20
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 13 (d) 37
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) 18
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 30 (d) 40
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  15. 15.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 25
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) −44 (d) 72
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 28 (c) −32 (d) 42
  18. 18.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 24
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 6
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 0
  21. 21.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  23. 23.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 85 (c) 21 (d) −11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 52
  25. 25.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) −46 (d) 60
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 79
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 0 (d) 22
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 44
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 84 (d) −2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. 2
  3. −2
  4. 7
  5. 16
  6. −7
  7. −13
  8. −20
  9. 12
  10. 37
  11. 18
  12. 40
  13. 22
  14. −16
  15. −9
  16. −44
  17. 32
  18. −24
  19. 12
  20. 16
  21. −13
  22. −27
  23. −21
  24. 24
  25. −23
  26. 4
  27. −7
  28. 7
  29. −46
  30. 8
  31. −21
  32. 2
  33. 12
  34. 44
  35. 0
  36. −5
  37. 0
  38. −2
  39. −12
  40. −5

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