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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 158 · 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 ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 41 (d) −19
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 5
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 24
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  6. 6.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 52 (d) 32
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 46
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) −16 (d) 16
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) −6 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) 18
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 73 (c) 15 (d) 5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 32
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 67 (d) 21
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) 34
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 41
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) −21
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 19
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 18
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 27
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 11
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 78 (d) −26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 25
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) −20
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 53 (c) 5 (d) 15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 23
  38. 38.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 43 (d) 7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 53 (c) 13 (d) −13

Answer key

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

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