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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 873 · 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 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 2
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 25
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 12
  7. 7.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 38
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 50 (d) 40
  13. 13.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 60 (d) −20
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 28 (d) −10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −9
  20. 20.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  21. 21.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 37 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −4
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) −17
  26. 26.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 56 (c) 16 (d) −16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 21 (c) −25 (d) 25
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 19
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) −14
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 58 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 68 (c) 16 (d) −6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 29
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −17 (d) −7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 77
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −3
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 71

Answer key

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

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