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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 778 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 21
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −8 (d) 18
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) −14
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) 7
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) 13
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 26 (c) −36 (d) 36
  14. 14.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) −31 (d) −21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 25 (d) 45
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 94
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  24. 24.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 18
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 20
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −14 (d) −4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  35. 35.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 57 (c) −31 (d) −21
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 19 (d) 47
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 46 (d) 22
  39. 39.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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