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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 928 · 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 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 16
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 10 (c) 26 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 13
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 52 (d) 26
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 41 (d) 19
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  12. 12.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) 56 (c) 24 (d) 46
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) −19
  19. 19.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 61 (d) −51
  20. 20.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 0
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 54 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 95
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −16 (d) 16
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 15
  32. 32.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −2
  33. 33.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 54
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −4
  36. 36.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 22
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 15
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. −6
  3. 12
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. −31
  7. 16
  8. −7
  9. 16
  10. −19
  11. −2
  12. 46
  13. −17
  14. −4
  15. 11
  16. 2
  17. −13
  18. −19
  19. −51
  20. −19
  21. 0
  22. −4
  23. 2
  24. −15
  25. 12
  26. 26
  27. 16
  28. 20
  29. −2
  30. −1
  31. 15
  32. −2
  33. 16
  34. 11
  35. 20
  36. −16
  37. 46
  38. −9
  39. −1
  40. −19

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