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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 106 · 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 ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 11 (d) −31
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 34 (d) −14
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 38 (c) 18 (d) −18
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 8 (d) 28
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 22 (c) 44 (d) −44
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 43
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) −22
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 10
  23. 23.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 32
  24. 24.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 65 (d) −5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) 8 (d) −8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 30
  27. 27.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 69 (d) 7
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −13
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 64 (c) 2 (d) −2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) 45
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  40. 40.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 25

Answer key

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

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