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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 753 · 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 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 9
  2. 2.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 45 (c) −19 (d) −9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 63
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −4
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 16
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) −28 (d) 38
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 15
  13. 13.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 53
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 26 (c) −32 (d) 32
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 0
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 16
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −19 (d) −29
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 40 (d) −16
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 78 (d) −10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 2
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 32
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 20
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) −12 (d) 12
  36. 36.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 59
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) −6 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 16
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18

Answer key

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

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