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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 774 · 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 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 17 (c) 49 (d) 39
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 20
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 49
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −10
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 45 (d) 19
  16. 16.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) −27
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 53 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 11 (d) 23
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −12
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 8
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 26 (d) 36
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −2
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) 9
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 9
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 41
  34. 34.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 82 (d) −26
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 14
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 65 (d) 29
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −1 (d) 21
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12

Answer key

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

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