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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 754 · 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 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  2. 2.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) 56 (d) −6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  4. 4.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 66 (c) 10 (d) 0
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 26
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 0
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 31 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 7
  18. 18.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 83 (d) −25
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) −11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 20
  23. 23.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 88 (c) −20 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) −15
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 14 (c) 48 (d) −38
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 30
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 13
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 78
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 55 (d) 25
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) −11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 41
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 16 (c) −34 (d) 44
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −14
  39. 39.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −1
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) −1

Answer key

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

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