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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 935 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 17
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 25
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 27
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 21 (c) 43 (d) 53
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) 10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 13 (d) −37
  14. 14.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 58 (c) 18 (d) −18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  18. 18.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) −9
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −6
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −6
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −9
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) −13
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −6
  29. 29.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 36
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 21 (c) −5 (d) 5
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −3
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 52 (d) 28
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 33
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 91 (d) −13
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. −12
  2. 20
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 28
  6. −13
  7. 0
  8. 27
  9. 5
  10. −19
  11. 43
  12. 0
  13. 37
  14. 18
  15. −2
  16. 2
  17. 33
  18. −29
  19. 2
  20. 9
  21. −7
  22. 13
  23. 6
  24. 6
  25. 1
  26. 13
  27. −6
  28. −6
  29. −4
  30. 26
  31. −12
  32. −5
  33. 3
  34. 42
  35. 23
  36. −8
  37. −23
  38. −3
  39. 7
  40. −10

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