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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 936 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) −16
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) −5
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 12
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 77
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 3 (d) 9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 53 (c) −3 (d) 3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −8
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 79 (c) 19 (d) −19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 50 (d) −28
  16. 16.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 33 (c) −19 (d) 19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) −29
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) −36
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −14
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −2
  22. 22.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 70 (d) −26
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 26
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  25. 25.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 64 (c) −42 (d) 42
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) −12 (d) 22
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 72
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  33. 33.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −2

Answer key

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

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