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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 8 · 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 −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −18
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −4
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 23
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) −14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) 31
  8. 8.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 76 (c) 8 (d) −8
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 89 (c) −13 (d) 23
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 11
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 11 (c) 37 (d) 27
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 82 (d) −32
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 50
  21. 21.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 60
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 0
  26. 26.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 76
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 1 (d) −10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 30
  30. 30.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 23
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 6
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 3 (d) 5
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −4
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 12 (c) −28 (d) 28
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 16
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 5
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 2 (d) −24

Answer key

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

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