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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 627 · 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 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 61 (c) −19 (d) −29
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 50
  11. 11.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −9
  14. 14.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 42 (c) 6 (d) −6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 43 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 16 (d) −18
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 7 (d) 25
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 66
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 66 (d) 14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 49 (d) −7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 28 (c) 50 (d) −40
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 19 (d) 25
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −14
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 17 (d) 45
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 19
  33. 33.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) −20 (c) −2 (d) 30
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 33
  35. 35.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) 31 (c) −21 (d) 15
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 29
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) 22
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 9
  40. 40.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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