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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 941 · 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 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 23 (c) 19 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −6
  5. 5.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) 33 (d) 43
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 68 (c) 8 (d) 2
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 4
  8. 8.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 57
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) −5
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 2 (d) 0
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −7 (d) −17
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 66
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 75 (c) −35 (d) −25
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) −34
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) −14 (d) −4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 16 (d) 12
  25. 25.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 52 (c) −18 (d) 28
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 45
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 30 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 13
  34. 34.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 4
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 37 (c) 11 (d) −11
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) 9
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 6
  5. 33
  6. −2
  7. 24
  8. −43
  9. 8
  10. −10
  11. −5
  12. −10
  13. 17
  14. −12
  15. 25
  16. 10
  17. −2
  18. −14
  19. −35
  20. −44
  21. 23
  22. 15
  23. −14
  24. 12
  25. 18
  26. 5
  27. −1
  28. −31
  29. −8
  30. −6
  31. −10
  32. −3
  33. 15
  34. −17
  35. −4
  36. −11
  37. 10
  38. 9
  39. −5
  40. 22

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