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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 967 · 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 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 83 (d) −5
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 55
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 66 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −21
  23. 23.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) 36 (d) −26
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −23 (c) 51 (d) 33
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 10 (d) 34
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 21 (d) 41
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 46
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) −38
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9

Answer key

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

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