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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 911 · 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 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 63 (d) 17
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 9
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 64 (d) −46
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 20
  10. 10.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 53 (d) −11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 80
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 24
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) −10
  23. 23.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) 30 (c) 0 (d) 20
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 13
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −52 (c) 64 (d) −42
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) −20 (d) 20
  34. 34.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −28
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 18
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 14 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 80 (c) −14 (d) −24
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 23

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. −3
  4. 15
  5. −7
  6. −46
  7. −1
  8. 19
  9. 24
  10. 11
  11. 31
  12. −6
  13. −8
  14. 15
  15. 3
  16. −4
  17. −6
  18. 6
  19. −1
  20. −7
  21. 5
  22. 0
  23. 20
  24. 13
  25. 37
  26. −4
  27. 20
  28. 0
  29. 19
  30. −9
  31. −52
  32. 9
  33. 20
  34. 28
  35. 8
  36. 16
  37. −4
  38. 14
  39. −24
  40. −1

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