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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 79 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 43
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) 5
  5. 5.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 16
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) 12
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 20
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 26
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) −16 (d) −6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  17. 17.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 10
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −2 (d) −20
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) −36
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 24
  24. 24.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 21
  26. 26.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) 25 (c) 45 (d) −35
  27. 27.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 23
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  32. 32.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 32 (d) 8
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 21
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) −13 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. −43
  4. 5
  5. 10
  6. 2
  7. 12
  8. −2
  9. −7
  10. 1
  11. 16
  12. 16
  13. 32
  14. −16
  15. −12
  16. −20
  17. −8
  18. 7
  19. −5
  20. −10
  21. 20
  22. 36
  23. 38
  24. −8
  25. 31
  26. 35
  27. −40
  28. −7
  29. 28
  30. −3
  31. 5
  32. −1
  33. 8
  34. −9
  35. 4
  36. 13
  37. −3
  38. −4
  39. −9
  40. −13

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