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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 715 · 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 −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) −12
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) −26
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) 39
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) 24
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) −21
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 14
  16. 16.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 56 (c) 8 (d) 18
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 78 (c) −10 (d) 0
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 79 (d) −13
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) −26
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 57 (c) 23 (d) 33
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) 47 (c) 59 (d) −37
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) 34
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 19
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 50 (c) 24 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 23 (c) 41 (d) 31
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  38. 38.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 84 (c) 20 (d) −20
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 46 (d) 20
  40. 40.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 83

Answer key

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

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