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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 773 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 13
  2. 2.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 95 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) −21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 17
  4. 4.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 53 (d) 33
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 16 (d) 12
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 12 (d) 32
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) −30
  10. 10.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) 18 (d) 16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 58 (d) −42
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 19
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 80
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 99 (d) 19
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 27 (d) 37
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 33 (c) 7 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) −12
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 54 (d) −22
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 65 (d) −19
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  28. 28.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 96 (c) −20 (d) 20
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 12
  31. 31.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 9 (d) 25
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −6
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 4
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) −6

Answer key

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

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