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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 614 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 1
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 68 (c) −10 (d) −20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) −12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  8. 8.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 18
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) −10
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 30
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) 15
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 17 (d) 41
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −14
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 14
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) −6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 30 (d) −20
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 8
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 35
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) 28 (d) 18
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 45
  29. 29.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 46 (d) −6
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 75
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 69
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 12
  38. 38.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 19
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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