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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 580 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  2. 2.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 40
  3. 3.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 62 (d) 16
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 37 (d) −11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 23
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 91
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 29
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 82
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 22
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 10 (d) 18
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) 15
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 0
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 14
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 75 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 6
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 17 (d) 27
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) 15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 21
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) −29
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) −4
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 25
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  36. 36.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 59
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 32
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 23
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 20
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 20 (d) 24

Answer key

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

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