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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 574 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 9
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) −8
  3. 3.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 98 (d) −12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) 16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 46
  9. 9.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 53 (c) −15 (d) 5
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 0 (d) 10
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 11
  12. 12.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  15. 15.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 51
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 30 (d) −6
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 17
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 21
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 44
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 29
  26. 26.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 30
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 59 (d) 3
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 61 (d) −17
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) −14
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 49 (d) −7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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