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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 770 · 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 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −21 (d) −1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 53
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 13 (d) 31
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) −10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 1
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 19
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 26 (d) −32
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 27
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 14
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) −46
  25. 25.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 56 (c) 14 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 31 (c) −3 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) −31 (d) 61
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) 7
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 12 (c) 38 (d) 28
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 57
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 15
  5. −9
  6. −7
  7. 35
  8. −11
  9. −3
  10. 10
  11. 22
  12. 6
  13. −11
  14. −1
  15. 31
  16. 9
  17. 12
  18. 10
  19. 1
  20. 27
  21. 32
  22. 33
  23. 14
  24. −46
  25. −9
  26. 4
  27. 15
  28. −3
  29. −2
  30. −41
  31. 31
  32. 33
  33. −2
  34. −18
  35. −1
  36. 28
  37. −14
  38. −21
  39. −4
  40. −5

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