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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 121 · 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 ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 73 (c) 17 (d) −17
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 52 (d) 30
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 33
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 84 (d) −32
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) −21 (d) 31
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −1
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 22
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −19
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 40 (c) 4 (d) −6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 23
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 88 (d) 12
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 22
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −38 (c) −48 (d) 48
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) −21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  29. 29.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 40 (c) 4 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −9
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −12
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 19
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −17
  2. −17
  3. −30
  4. 16
  5. 10
  6. 23
  7. −32
  8. 20
  9. −1
  10. 21
  11. 13
  12. 9
  13. 12
  14. −19
  15. −15
  16. −8
  17. −6
  18. −5
  19. 36
  20. 35
  21. 15
  22. −12
  23. 18
  24. 4
  25. −1
  26. −48
  27. 21
  28. −8
  29. 4
  30. 9
  31. 2
  32. 13
  33. 4
  34. −2
  35. 8
  36. 12
  37. −12
  38. 3
  39. −7
  40. 8

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