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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 652 · 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 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 12
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) −2
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 22 (d) 18
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 57 (b) 47 (c) −47 (d) 23
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −16 (d) −6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −19
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 22
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) −5
  18. 18.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 46 (c) 8 (d) 2
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) −16 (d) 16
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 51 (d) 25
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 18
  25. 25.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 75 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 22 (c) 48 (d) 38
  27. 27.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 61 (c) 17 (d) −7
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 22 (d) 28
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 30 (c) 42 (d) 32
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −6
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −15
  33. 33.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 58 (c) −12 (d) 22
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 19
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 25
  38. 38.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) 20 (c) 34 (d) 44
  39. 39.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 71 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. −4
  3. −14
  4. 0
  5. 2
  6. 8
  7. 8
  8. 24
  9. 47
  10. 39
  11. −4
  12. −14
  13. 3
  14. −16
  15. 19
  16. 12
  17. −5
  18. −2
  19. −10
  20. −16
  21. −4
  22. 25
  23. 10
  24. 6
  25. −1
  26. 38
  27. 4
  28. 7
  29. 28
  30. 32
  31. 6
  32. −5
  33. 12
  34. −1
  35. 15
  36. −13
  37. 15
  38. 34
  39. 3
  40. −10

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