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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 595 · 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 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −10
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) 5
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 71
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 25 (d) 33
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 41
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 47 (d) −25
  28. 28.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 66 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  34. 34.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 47 (d) −5
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 27 (d) 41
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 70
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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