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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 131 · 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 ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 89
  2. 2.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 48 (c) 16 (d) −6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 27
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 1 (d) −10
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 2
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 22 (d) 26
  10. 10.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 91 (d) −29
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 18
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 58 (c) −44 (d) 44
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 24
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 81 (c) −25 (d) −35
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 48
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 7
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 0
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  29. 29.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 63 (d) 13
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 21
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 28 (c) 16 (d) 6
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 3 (d) 21
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  36. 36.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  37. 37.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 64 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 11
  40. 40.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. −13
  2. −16
  3. 17
  4. 39
  5. −23
  6. 0
  7. 18
  8. −11
  9. 26
  10. −29
  11. 6
  12. 18
  13. −3
  14. −44
  15. 10
  16. −6
  17. 3
  18. −3
  19. −3
  20. 6
  21. −1
  22. −7
  23. −35
  24. −19
  25. 4
  26. 7
  27. 0
  28. −2
  29. −13
  30. 9
  31. 7
  32. 6
  33. −10
  34. 21
  35. −5
  36. 20
  37. −16
  38. 3
  39. 1
  40. −4

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