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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 18 · 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 ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 52 (c) 14 (d) −14
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 31 (c) −39 (d) 49
  5. 5.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 2
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 16
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 90
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 55 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 20
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 17
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 20 (d) −22
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) −12
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 50 (c) −26 (d) 26
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 26
  30. 30.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 74 (c) −28 (d) 38
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  33. 33.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) −5 (d) 5
  35. 35.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 41 (c) −9 (d) −19
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) 6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 24 (d) 4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 50
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11

Answer key

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

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