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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 85 · 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 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 6 (d) 30
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 31
  5. 5.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 35
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 16
  9. 9.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 32 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −5 (d) 15
  13. 13.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 46 (c) −12 (d) 12
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 8 (c) −32 (d) 32
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 33 (d) −21
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 17 (d) 37
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) −27
  22. 22.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 44
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 26 (c) 30 (d) 40
  24. 24.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 47
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −16
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 13
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 32
  29. 29.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 1
  30. 30.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 74 (c) 28 (d) −28
  31. 31.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 2
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 15 (d) 49
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 28
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −47 (b) 23 (c) 57 (d) 47

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 30
  3. 17
  4. 7
  5. 1
  6. −3
  7. 14
  8. 0
  9. −12
  10. 3
  11. 1
  12. 5
  13. −12
  14. 32
  15. −9
  16. 5
  17. −21
  18. 3
  19. 37
  20. 25
  21. 27
  22. 10
  23. 30
  24. −15
  25. 16
  26. 8
  27. 3
  28. 38
  29. −1
  30. −28
  31. 2
  32. −2
  33. 0
  34. 13
  35. 5
  36. 3
  37. 39
  38. 4
  39. 38
  40. 47

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