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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 118 · 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 ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 21 (d) 33
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 30
  8. 8.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) −14 (d) 24
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 48 (c) −26 (d) −16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 21
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 62 (d) −40
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  24. 24.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 28 (c) 6 (d) 16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) 16 (d) −38
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  28. 28.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 67 (d) −5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 23
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 63
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 56 (d) −26
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) −6
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 32
  40. 40.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 82 (c) 12 (d) −2

Answer key

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

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