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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 795 · 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 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 2 (d) 18
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 43 (c) −9 (d) 1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  7. 7.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 27 (d) 3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 55 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) −36
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 19
  13. 13.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 46 (d) 20
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −4
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 77 (d) −27
  20. 20.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) 61 (c) 45 (d) −35
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) −28
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) −14 (d) 24
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) −19 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) −6
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 21
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −11
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 8 (c) 38 (d) 28
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 67 (c) 23 (d) −13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 30 (c) 42 (d) 32
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −5 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 18
  3. 9
  4. −9
  5. −9
  6. −2
  7. −12
  8. 3
  9. −3
  10. 36
  11. 10
  12. 3
  13. 10
  14. 6
  15. −4
  16. −10
  17. −2
  18. −6
  19. −37
  20. 7
  21. −45
  22. 11
  23. −38
  24. 1
  25. 14
  26. −9
  27. 6
  28. 41
  29. −1
  30. 9
  31. 11
  32. 28
  33. 0
  34. −23
  35. 4
  36. 0
  37. 32
  38. 32
  39. 9
  40. 5

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