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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 841 · 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 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) −3
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) −4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 0
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 3
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 64 (d) −12
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 17
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 55 (c) −15 (d) 5
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 58
  25. 25.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 26
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 7 (d) 11
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 64
  30. 30.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 12
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) 14
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 42 (d) 0
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −27

Answer key

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

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