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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 766 · 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 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) 20
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) 36 (d) −26
  3. 3.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 57
  4. 4.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 15
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) 48 (d) −38
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) −8
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 21 (d) −5
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 48 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 16
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) −21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  16. 16.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 84
  17. 17.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  19. 19.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 32 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 13 (d) 31
  22. 22.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 57 (d) −25
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) −9 (d) 9
  25. 25.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 12
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 16
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 18 (d) 0
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −27
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  32. 32.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 69 (c) −7 (d) −17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 54 (d) −4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 51 (d) 31
  35. 35.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 41
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 38
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 59 (d) −5
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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