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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 747 · 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 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −1
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 17
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  8. 8.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 19
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −27 (d) −37
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 32
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 47 (c) −23 (d) 23
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −16
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 22 (c) −30 (d) 40
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −22
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 83 (d) −21
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 17 (d) 39
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −23
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 2
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 60 (c) 14 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 56 (c) 46 (d) 24
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 30 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. −8
  3. 10
  4. −1
  5. −1
  6. 7
  7. −4
  8. 9
  9. −37
  10. 19
  11. 22
  12. 4
  13. 23
  14. −6
  15. 0
  16. 30
  17. 22
  18. −4
  19. −21
  20. 24
  21. −7
  22. −1
  23. 10
  24. −36
  25. 2
  26. 19
  27. −18
  28. −2
  29. 39
  30. 23
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. 4
  34. 20
  35. −6
  36. 6
  37. 46
  38. 5
  39. 4
  40. −18

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