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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 776 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 17
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 68 (c) −34 (d) −24
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 32
  9. 9.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 49 (c) 21 (d) −21
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) −10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 25
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 52 (d) −16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  21. 21.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 37 (c) 1 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 28 (c) 44 (d) −34
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 63 (c) −21 (d) −31
  24. 24.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 76 (c) −22 (d) −12
  25. 25.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 47 (c) 17 (d) −17
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 25
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) 31 (d) −21
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 5
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 5 (d) −1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) 14
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 59 (c) −41 (d) −31
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 29 (d) −35
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 20

Answer key

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

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