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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 92 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) −4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 24
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  8. 8.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 52 (c) −2 (d) 12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 70 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) −17
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 23 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) 38 (d) −38
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 57 (c) 7 (d) −7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 34
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) −5
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 2 (d) 20
  26. 26.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 95 (c) −11 (d) −21
  27. 27.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 71 (c) 39 (d) −29
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 0
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 29 (c) 17 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 23
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −3
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 12
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 74 (d) −34
  40. 40.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −12
  3. −4
  4. 19
  5. 0
  6. 2
  7. 8
  8. 2
  9. −12
  10. −2
  11. 6
  12. −7
  13. −7
  14. 5
  15. −2
  16. 38
  17. 2
  18. −7
  19. 10
  20. 9
  21. 9
  22. −8
  23. 8
  24. −5
  25. 20
  26. −21
  27. −39
  28. 37
  29. 24
  30. 1
  31. 7
  32. −3
  33. 1
  34. −13
  35. 5
  36. 11
  37. −3
  38. 34
  39. −44
  40. −36

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