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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 71 · 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 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 19
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −6
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 15
  7. 7.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 64 (c) −24 (d) −14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 24 (c) 50 (d) 40
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) −4
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 78 (d) −26
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −23 (d) −13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) −16
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  20. 20.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 72 (d) −28
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 17 (c) 35 (d) −35
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 79 (c) 25 (d) −15
  25. 25.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) −1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 59 (c) 29 (d) −29
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 5
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 66
  36. 36.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 49
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) −13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2

Answer key

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

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