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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 111 · 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 ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) −22
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −33
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) −41
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 23
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 14
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) −19
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 40 (d) 12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 6 (d) 22
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 43
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 39 (d) 7
  21. 21.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) 31 (d) 21
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 53
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) 56 (d) −46
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −13 (d) 23
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −4 (c) −20 (d) 20
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 60 (c) −2 (d) 2
  29. 29.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 31
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 25
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) −24
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 22
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) 10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 29
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. −32
  2. −10
  3. 33
  4. −11
  5. 4
  6. −41
  7. −14
  8. −9
  9. −6
  10. −2
  11. 27
  12. 14
  13. −9
  14. 13
  15. 19
  16. 2
  17. 22
  18. 9
  19. −7
  20. −7
  21. 21
  22. −21
  23. 46
  24. 4
  25. 13
  26. 1
  27. 20
  28. −2
  29. −3
  30. 21
  31. 20
  32. 11
  33. 7
  34. −34
  35. 30
  36. −2
  37. 10
  38. 19
  39. −6
  40. 22

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