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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 152 · 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 ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 39 (c) 27 (d) −27
  2. 2.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 65 (c) −41 (d) 41
  3. 3.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 56 (c) −16 (d) −26
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 63 (c) 23 (d) −23
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −42
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  8. 8.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 44
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 18
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 25
  11. 11.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 74 (c) −4 (d) −14
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 55 (c) 17 (d) −17
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 51 (c) 29 (d) 39
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 17 (d) 23
  24. 24.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 18 (d) 10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 31
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 25
  34. 34.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 23 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) −52
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 73 (c) 39 (d) −39
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 45
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. −27
  2. −41
  3. −26
  4. −23
  5. −42
  6. 4
  7. −4
  8. −6
  9. 14
  10. 35
  11. −14
  12. 22
  13. 1
  14. −3
  15. −5
  16. 3
  17. 9
  18. 17
  19. 25
  20. 23
  21. −11
  22. 29
  23. 23
  24. −10
  25. 0
  26. −6
  27. 9
  28. −1
  29. 7
  30. 10
  31. 1
  32. 22
  33. 33
  34. 3
  35. 9
  36. −52
  37. 23
  38. −39
  39. −31
  40. 15

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