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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 733 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 73
  3. 3.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 44 (c) −6 (d) −16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −11
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 1 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 33
  7. 7.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  8. 8.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 84 (c) −28 (d) −18
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 21 (d) −39
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 31
  14. 14.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  15. 15.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 33 (c) −13 (d) 13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 32
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −17
  20. 20.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 56
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 17
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 14
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 78 (c) −22 (d) −12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 69 (c) 17 (d) −7
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 23
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) 15
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 4
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −8

Answer key

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

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