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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 608 · 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 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −11
  4. 4.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) 43
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) −17 (d) −7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 21
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −7 (d) 17
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) −32
  14. 14.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 62 (d) −2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) −2 (c) 30 (d) 20
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 67 (d) 11
  19. 19.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 21
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 7 (c) 37 (d) 27
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 36 (c) −18 (d) −8
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 31 (d) −21
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) −7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 0 (c) 24 (d) 34
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 0
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 11
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 6
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 84

Answer key

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

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