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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 825 · 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 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  3. 3.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 72
  4. 4.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −8 (d) 2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) 43
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 2
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 18
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 61 (d) −27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) 32
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 14 (d) 44
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) 49
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 74
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 22
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 58 (d) −34
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 65 (c) −13 (d) −3
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 33 (d) −23
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −13 (d) 13
  32. 32.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 59 (d) 21
  33. 33.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 56 (c) 4 (d) −6
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 13
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −4 (d) −15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) 12 (d) −36
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  40. 40.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 57 (c) −13 (d) −23

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. 10
  3. −30
  4. −8
  5. 33
  6. −6
  7. 17
  8. −14
  9. 33
  10. −5
  11. 14
  12. −13
  13. 13
  14. −27
  15. 1
  16. 32
  17. 34
  18. 39
  19. −13
  20. −26
  21. 16
  22. 14
  23. −2
  24. −44
  25. −13
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. −13
  29. 23
  30. 1
  31. 13
  32. −21
  33. −6
  34. −2
  35. 3
  36. −5
  37. 5
  38. 36
  39. 33
  40. −23

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