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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 731 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 20
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) 21
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 5 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 10
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 15
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) 32
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 16 (d) 28
  22. 22.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  24. 24.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) 44 (c) 12 (d) −34
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 6
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 62 (d) 6
  28. 28.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 23
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 23
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 78
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 20
  37. 37.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 14
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 10
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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