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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 598 · 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 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 1
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −19
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −2
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −5 (d) −15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 29 (d) 39
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 4
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) −39 (d) 55
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 25
  15. 15.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 87 (d) −13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −13
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) −15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 14 (d) 4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) 32
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 83 (d) 37
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 29
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 56
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 31 (d) −35
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 82
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 31
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) 33 (d) −23
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 0
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  39. 39.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 28
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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