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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 605 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 65 (c) 5 (d) 15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) −14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 31
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 26
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 3 (d) −15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 58
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 82 (d) 34
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 50
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) −31
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 33
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 71 (c) 49 (d) −49
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 16
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) −10 (d) 0
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) −16 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) −8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 21
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 35
  37. 37.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) 19 (c) −25 (d) 35
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  39. 39.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 5
  3. −2
  4. 14
  5. −13
  6. −1
  7. −24
  8. 34
  9. 13
  10. −5
  11. −4
  12. −34
  13. −14
  14. −5
  15. 17
  16. 0
  17. 1
  18. 31
  19. 40
  20. −31
  21. 10
  22. 15
  23. 7
  24. 0
  25. −49
  26. 6
  27. −8
  28. −32
  29. −2
  30. −10
  31. 19
  32. 16
  33. −18
  34. 24
  35. 9
  36. −15
  37. 25
  38. −11
  39. 2
  40. 15

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