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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 803 · 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 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −14 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 43 (d) −17
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 20 (d) 28
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 41
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 48
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 2 (d) 6
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −4
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 33
  15. 15.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) 7
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 68 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 67
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 32
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −18
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 61
  27. 27.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 41
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  33. 33.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 45 (c) 3 (d) −3
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 55 (c) −29 (d) 29
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  38. 38.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) 25

Answer key

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

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