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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 999 · 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) 17 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) 4
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 49 (c) 13 (d) −13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 43 (c) 13 (d) −13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 5 (c) −29 (d) 29
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 8
  11. 11.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) 14 (c) 12 (d) −14
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 46
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 14
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 19
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 12
  24. 24.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 51 (c) −3 (d) −13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −29 (d) −39
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 30 (d) 36
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) −26
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 27
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 72 (d) −48
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −3
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 27 (d) 41
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. −2
  3. −3
  4. −1
  5. 4
  6. −5
  7. −13
  8. 13
  9. 29
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 3
  13. 14
  14. 12
  15. 12
  16. 16
  17. 23
  18. −9
  19. −1
  20. 13
  21. −4
  22. 21
  23. 12
  24. −10
  25. 7
  26. −4
  27. −6
  28. 12
  29. 4
  30. −13
  31. −39
  32. 36
  33. 26
  34. 1
  35. −18
  36. 13
  37. −48
  38. −13
  39. 31
  40. 5

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