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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 77 · 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 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  3. 3.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) −40
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 23
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 14 (d) −30
  8. 8.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 64 (c) −54 (d) −44
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) −2
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) 35
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 20 (d) 24
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 26
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) 11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 61 (d) −31
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 43 (c) −3 (d) −13
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −3
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −15
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 29
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 4
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 6 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 46 (c) −20 (d) −10
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 57
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 38
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 22 (d) 42

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 11
  3. −3
  4. 40
  5. −1
  6. 33
  7. 30
  8. −54
  9. −2
  10. 25
  11. 15
  12. 14
  13. 16
  14. 1
  15. −9
  16. 0
  17. 1
  18. 36
  19. 1
  20. 6
  21. 10
  22. −31
  23. −13
  24. 7
  25. −15
  26. 41
  27. −6
  28. 12
  29. 1
  30. 25
  31. −20
  32. −12
  33. 11
  34. −41
  35. 28
  36. −4
  37. −2
  38. −13
  39. −6
  40. 42

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