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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 584 · 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 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 26 (c) −42 (d) 42
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  4. 4.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 31
  6. 6.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 87 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 69
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) 15
  10. 10.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 64 (c) 4 (d) −4
  11. 11.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 77
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 19
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 26
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 26
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) −8 (d) 2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 64
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −7 (d) 3
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 2 (d) 4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 41 (d) 27
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 55 (d) 17
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 15
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 65
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 54
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 46 (d) −12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −9

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 42
  3. −9
  4. 4
  5. 33
  6. −7
  7. −19
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. −4
  11. −9
  12. −1
  13. −11
  14. −10
  15. −1
  16. 26
  17. −26
  18. 4
  19. −8
  20. 39
  21. 1
  22. −30
  23. −20
  24. −7
  25. −6
  26. −27
  27. 7
  28. 7
  29. −5
  30. 2
  31. −13
  32. 9
  33. −7
  34. −18
  35. 18
  36. 7
  37. −22
  38. −3
  39. 8
  40. −9

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