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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 610 · 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 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) 15 (d) −37
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 52 (d) −8
  4. 4.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −7 (d) 7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 87 (d) 27
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) 20 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 16
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −2
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 16
  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 −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) −14
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 18
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 52
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) −11 (d) 21
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 40 (c) −28 (d) 28
  33. 33.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 51 (d) −9
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 29
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  37. 37.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 49
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45

Answer key

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

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