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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 122 · 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 ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 39
  2. 2.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 35 (d) −1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 21 (d) −39
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 62 (c) 0 (d) 10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 19 (d) −23
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 38 (c) −16 (d) 26
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 56 (d) 14
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 5 (c) −25 (d) 25
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 1
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 36 (c) −8 (d) −18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) 3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 14 (d) 30
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 46 (c) 8 (d) −2
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 25
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 20
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 5
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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