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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 708 · 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 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) −14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −5
  7. 7.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 64 (c) 12 (d) 22
  10. 10.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 49 (c) −5 (d) 15
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 15 (c) 47 (d) 37
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 25 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 45
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 15 (d) −39
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 16
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 20
  24. 24.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) −16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 52 (c) 20 (d) −10
  27. 27.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −50 (c) 66 (d) 50
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) −37
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 93 (c) −17 (d) 17
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 38
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 41 (c) −3 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 30 (d) 18
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −11
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) −12

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. −3
  3. 8
  4. 5
  5. 14
  6. 5
  7. 7
  8. 27
  9. 12
  10. −15
  11. 2
  12. −12
  13. 37
  14. 10
  15. 9
  16. −8
  17. −45
  18. 39
  19. 25
  20. −7
  21. −1
  22. −8
  23. 10
  24. −7
  25. −16
  26. 10
  27. 6
  28. −50
  29. −37
  30. 6
  31. 18
  32. −17
  33. 28
  34. 3
  35. 2
  36. 8
  37. −5
  38. −16
  39. 11
  40. −22

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