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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 882 · 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 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) −16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 0
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 25
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −25 (c) 51 (d) 35
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 61
  9. 9.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 47 (c) −5 (d) −15
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) −15
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −25 (d) −15
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −10
  15. 15.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 41 (c) 25 (d) −15
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 17
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 99 (c) −21 (d) 21
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 8
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  24. 24.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 40 (c) −12 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 22 (d) 50
  31. 31.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 59 (d) −25
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 19
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 49
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 54 (c) 36 (d) −26
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) 30 (d) 20
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 17
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6

Answer key

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

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