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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 115 · 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 ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −24
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 26
  3. 3.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 34 (c) 6 (d) 4
  11. 11.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) −44 (c) 44 (d) 22
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 11 (c) −33 (d) 43
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 63
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 67 (c) −13 (d) 23
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 0
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 42 (d) −22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 32
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 17 (d) 41
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 31 (d) 49
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 28
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 6
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) −8
  30. 30.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 73 (d) 1
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 25
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 75
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 11
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  38. 38.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 55
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. −24
  2. 42
  3. −7
  4. −3
  5. 10
  6. 3
  7. 10
  8. 4
  9. 14
  10. −6
  11. 44
  12. −4
  13. 33
  14. −9
  15. 1
  16. −9
  17. −23
  18. −5
  19. 22
  20. −22
  21. −32
  22. 7
  23. 31
  24. 39
  25. 4
  26. 10
  27. 14
  28. 3
  29. −8
  30. −1
  31. −32
  32. 15
  33. −35
  34. 29
  35. 3
  36. −7
  37. 18
  38. 19
  39. 30
  40. 13

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