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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 151 · 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 ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 28
  2. 2.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) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 5
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 74 (c) 6 (d) 4
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) −10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) −9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  17. 17.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) −25 (c) 25 (d) 5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 18 (c) −36 (d) 36
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 30
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) −24
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 14 (d) 12
  23. 23.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 3
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  25. 25.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 65
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 12
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 30
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) −31
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) −31
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 11 (d) 7
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) −27
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 18
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  36. 36.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 81 (d) 7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 47

Answer key

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

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