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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 572 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −4
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 54
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −9 (d) 9
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 41
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 65
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 63
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) 17
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 7
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) −4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 28 (d) 38
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 73 (c) −5 (d) −15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −20 (d) 30
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) −15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 66 (c) −52 (d) 52
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 30
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 4
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 47 (c) −47 (d) 57
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −14
  39. 39.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 85 (c) −33 (d) −23
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. 17
  3. 0
  4. −1
  5. −36
  6. −9
  7. −8
  8. −21
  9. 13
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 22
  13. −8
  14. 13
  15. 4
  16. −8
  17. −45
  18. −5
  19. 41
  20. 1
  21. −4
  22. 25
  23. 15
  24. 2
  25. 38
  26. −5
  27. 20
  28. −5
  29. −52
  30. 32
  31. −1
  32. −6
  33. 14
  34. −1
  35. 4
  36. −4
  37. 47
  38. −4
  39. −33
  40. −3

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