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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 12 · 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 ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 34
  2. 2.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  5. 5.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −42
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) −20
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 45 (c) 19 (d) 9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 54
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −4
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 27
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) −14 (d) 14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 63
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 87 (c) −11 (d) −21
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 38 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 47 (d) 21
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 23
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 15
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 20 (c) 38 (d) −38

Answer key

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

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