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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 912 · 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 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −48 (c) −38 (d) 48
  3. 3.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 41
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 5 (d) −27
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) 6
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −6
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) 56 (d) 24
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 79 (c) −21 (d) −11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 5 (d) 33
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −3
  26. 26.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 9
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) −27
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 18 (d) 0
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 7 (d) −5
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 16
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −35 (d) 35
  38. 38.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 54 (c) −8 (d) 8
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. −48
  3. 17
  4. 27
  5. 14
  6. −11
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 0
  10. 6
  11. −8
  12. 24
  13. 4
  14. −28
  15. 6
  16. 6
  17. 46
  18. 0
  19. −21
  20. 23
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. 4
  24. −1
  25. 3
  26. 10
  27. 9
  28. −7
  29. −27
  30. 8
  31. 0
  32. −5
  33. −1
  34. −1
  35. 15
  36. 10
  37. 35
  38. 8
  39. 5
  40. −6

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