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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 757 · 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 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  2. 2.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 100 (c) −20 (d) 20
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 59 (c) 1 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −20
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 5 (d) 13
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 27
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −18
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −19
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 49
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  14. 14.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 83 (c) 25 (d) −25
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 34 (c) 22 (d) −12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 24
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −16 (d) −6
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 51
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 15
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 53 (c) −7 (d) 17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 23 (d) 37
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) −18
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  33. 33.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 29 (c) 1 (d) 9
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) −40
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 60
  39. 39.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 59
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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