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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 612 · 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 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) −11 (d) 11
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  3. 3.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 38 (c) 6 (d) 4
  4. 4.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) −38
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 8
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 19
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 50 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) 22
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 59 (c) −43 (d) 43
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 9 (d) 21
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) −22
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) −10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  17. 17.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 2
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) 19 (d) −43
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 6 (d) 26
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  35. 35.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 36
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 19
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 50 (d) 36

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. −8
  3. −4
  4. −38
  5. −10
  6. −2
  7. 9
  8. −6
  9. 0
  10. 44
  11. 33
  12. −43
  13. 21
  14. 22
  15. −10
  16. 16
  17. −23
  18. 10
  19. 0
  20. 35
  21. −8
  22. 25
  23. −3
  24. 3
  25. 2
  26. −4
  27. 2
  28. 43
  29. 16
  30. 5
  31. 1
  32. 2
  33. 2
  34. −1
  35. 9
  36. −20
  37. 41
  38. −1
  39. 8
  40. 26

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