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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 833 · 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 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) 35
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 3
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 10 (c) 32 (d) 22
  10. 10.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) 46 (c) 32 (d) 36
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) −21
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −20
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 9 (c) 33 (d) −33
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −1 (d) 19
  22. 22.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 76
  23. 23.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) −14 (d) 94
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) −1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 20
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 9
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 66
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 7
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  32. 32.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 50
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 18
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 27 (d) −35

Answer key

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

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