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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 94 · 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 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 85 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) −10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 63
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) −7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) −20
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 10 (d) 12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −7
  13. 13.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) 9
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  15. 15.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) −22
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 12 (d) 30
  19. 19.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 32
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 82 (d) −36
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 32
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  32. 32.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 41 (c) −3 (d) −13
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 13
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 0
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 25
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 26 (c) −8 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 16
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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