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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 628 · 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 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) 17
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) −14
  4. 4.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 22
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) 10
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 14 (d) 44
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  15. 15.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 51 (c) −23 (d) −33
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 78
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 0
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) −3 (d) 13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 58 (c) 2 (d) −2
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −16
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 39 (c) 19 (d) −9
  35. 35.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 65
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 26 (d) 22
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) 18
  39. 39.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 51 (c) −21 (d) −31
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2

Answer key

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

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