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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 136 · 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 ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −25 (c) −35 (d) 35
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  4. 4.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 56 (c) 22 (d) 12
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) −13
  7. 7.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 5
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) −28
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  12. 12.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) 30 (c) 10 (d) −30
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 13 (c) 27 (d) 17
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 42 (d) 18
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 65 (d) −35
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 12
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) −41
  25. 25.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 25 (c) 53 (d) 43
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) −15
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) −2
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 58 (d) 40
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 15
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) −35 (d) 45

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −35
  3. −6
  4. 12
  5. 19
  6. −23
  7. −7
  8. −14
  9. 29
  10. −38
  11. −6
  12. 30
  13. 17
  14. 2
  15. 19
  16. −13
  17. −1
  18. 29
  19. 8
  20. −7
  21. 18
  22. −35
  23. 18
  24. 41
  25. −5
  26. −3
  27. −9
  28. 43
  29. 38
  30. −5
  31. −1
  32. 2
  33. −16
  34. 5
  35. −9
  36. −4
  37. −40
  38. 39
  39. −3
  40. 35

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