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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 607 · 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 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 11 (d) 17
  3. 3.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 54
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 39 (d) −7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 99 (d) −19
  8. 8.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 65
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 19 (d) 39
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 36
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −17
  23. 23.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 9
  25. 25.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −19 (d) 29
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 27
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) 12
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 45 (d) 9
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 17
  37. 37.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 54 (d) 8
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 61 (d) 13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) −3

Answer key

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

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