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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 932 · 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 −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  4. 4.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 40
  5. 5.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) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 43
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 33 (c) 17 (d) −7
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) 2
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 2
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 19
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 8
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 42 (d) 6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 62 (d) −10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 68 (c) −6 (d) 6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 17
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 41
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 82 (c) −20 (d) −30
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 6
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 23
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 65 (d) −27
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 45 (d) 17
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 18 (d) 30

Answer key

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

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