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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 809 · 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 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) −16
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −7
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) 22
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 44
  6. 6.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 33
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 41 (c) −1 (d) −11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 32 (c) 46 (d) 36
  9. 9.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 94 (d) −14
  10. 10.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 14
  13. 13.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 56
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 0
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 23
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  18. 18.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) 6 (c) 36 (d) 26
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 65 (c) −41 (d) −51
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 48
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 25
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 82 (d) 10
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) −34
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −17 (d) −7
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  36. 36.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) 38 (c) −28 (d) 8
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) 7
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) −1 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 43 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. −3
  3. 7
  4. 42
  5. −28
  6. 1
  7. −11
  8. 36
  9. −14
  10. 0
  11. 10
  12. 32
  13. 1
  14. −42
  15. −10
  16. 23
  17. −8
  18. 26
  19. −9
  20. 20
  21. −51
  22. 6
  23. −9
  24. 8
  25. 33
  26. 11
  27. 9
  28. −3
  29. −10
  30. −34
  31. 28
  32. −11
  33. 12
  34. −17
  35. 3
  36. 28
  37. 7
  38. −7
  39. −19
  40. 7

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