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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 626 · 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 −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 27
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 19 (c) 51 (d) −41
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 11 (d) −7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 27 (d) 3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 49 (d) −19
  8. 8.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 53 (c) −25 (d) 25
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 27 (d) 13
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  11. 11.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 83
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 72
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 13 (c) 35 (d) −35
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  18. 18.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) 22 (c) −44 (d) 54
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 28
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 66
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 59 (c) 1 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 62 (c) 24 (d) 14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 69 (d) −31
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −16
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 23 (c) 39 (d) −39
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 22
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −13
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 24
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 32
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 18 (d) 42
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 18 (c) 38 (d) 48
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) 15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 45 (c) 27 (d) −17
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 99

Answer key

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

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