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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 103 · 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.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 74 (d) −16
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 43
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) 27
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 26
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 7 (d) −15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 49 (d) −19
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 34 (d) 46
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  13. 13.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 93 (c) −9 (d) −19
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) 11
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) 10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 29 (d) −5
  19. 19.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  27. 27.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) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) 5
  30. 30.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) −23
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 79 (d) −5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 84 (d) −4
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) −4
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  39. 39.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) −11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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