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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 119 · 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 ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 63 (c) 17 (d) −17
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) −20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 52 (d) 28
  6. 6.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 52
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 32
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) −32
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 39 (d) −15
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 28
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 28 (c) 52 (d) 42
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 3 (c) −15 (d) 5
  21. 21.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 28
  22. 22.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 40
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 89 (d) −29
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −9 (d) 9
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 37
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 25 (c) −43 (d) 43
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 10 (c) −30 (d) 30
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 25 (d) 49
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) 15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −8 (d) 8
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 67 (c) 3 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  40. 40.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 64 (c) −2 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. −11
  3. −30
  4. 12
  5. 28
  6. 22
  7. 34
  8. 14
  9. 32
  10. −6
  11. −2
  12. −15
  13. 0
  14. 28
  15. 42
  16. 12
  17. 10
  18. −7
  19. 12
  20. −5
  21. 2
  22. 4
  23. 30
  24. 9
  25. −29
  26. −3
  27. 9
  28. −23
  29. 43
  30. 30
  31. 39
  32. −20
  33. 15
  34. −8
  35. −7
  36. 6
  37. 22
  38. 13
  39. 10
  40. 2

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