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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 637 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  4. 4.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −6
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −17
  7. 7.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 79 (d) −33
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −12 (d) −2
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 47
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 44
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) −2 (d) −12
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 23 (c) 43 (d) −43
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 47 (d) −19
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  24. 24.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) 3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 26
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) −36
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  31. 31.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 37 (c) −5 (d) 15
  32. 32.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 73 (d) −3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 6
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 24
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 12 (d) 44
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 44
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 34
  40. 40.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 8

Answer key

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

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