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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 6 · 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 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  3. 3.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 28
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 7
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −8
  6. 6.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 83
  7. 7.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 69
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 20
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 88 (d) −8
  12. 12.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 51 (c) −51 (d) −41
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) 5
  16. 16.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 14 (c) 30 (d) −30
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 45 (c) −3 (d) 13
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 16
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 73 (d) −15
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) 25
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  31. 31.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 12
  37. 37.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  40. 40.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 76 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 26
  3. −16
  4. −5
  5. 8
  6. −9
  7. −6
  8. −8
  9. −29
  10. 10
  11. −8
  12. −2
  13. 22
  14. −51
  15. 5
  16. 6
  17. 30
  18. −4
  19. −9
  20. −14
  21. −8
  22. −6
  23. 3
  24. −6
  25. −16
  26. −15
  27. −5
  28. 25
  29. −3
  30. 5
  31. −4
  32. −7
  33. 3
  34. −20
  35. 16
  36. −14
  37. 1
  38. −17
  39. 35
  40. −18

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