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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 959 · 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 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 8
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  3. 3.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) −23 (d) 83
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 32
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  6. 6.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) −45
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −38
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 73
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 88
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 4 (d) 10
  12. 12.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 75 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 41 (c) −5 (d) 5
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 42 (c) −26 (d) 26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −14
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) 10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 16
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 11
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 10 (d) −8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 27 (c) 51 (d) 41
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) 17
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 41 (d) 5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) −21
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 23

Answer key

  1. −16
  2. 0
  3. −33
  4. 22
  5. −3
  6. −45
  7. 38
  8. −7
  9. −7
  10. −30
  11. −10
  12. 8
  13. −17
  14. 5
  15. 38
  16. 2
  17. −6
  18. −26
  19. 14
  20. 0
  21. 0
  22. 24
  23. −10
  24. 1
  25. 4
  26. 21
  27. −18
  28. 2
  29. 41
  30. 9
  31. 0
  32. 17
  33. 7
  34. 9
  35. −4
  36. −5
  37. 24
  38. 3
  39. 21
  40. 41

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