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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 184 · 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 ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 11
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) 35
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 11
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 79
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 15 (d) 17
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 85 (c) −5 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 43
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) −5
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 51 (d) 15
  21. 21.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) 1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 20
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) −10
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 17
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  32. 32.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 76 (c) −18 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −39
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) 10
  35. 35.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) −20
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 22
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) −48

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. 8
  5. 13
  6. 25
  7. −3
  8. 8
  9. −23
  10. −1
  11. 8
  12. 17
  13. −12
  14. −7
  15. −6
  16. 8
  17. −5
  18. −25
  19. 5
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. 4
  23. 6
  24. 20
  25. −4
  26. −9
  27. 0
  28. 0
  29. −3
  30. −17
  31. −8
  32. −18
  33. 39
  34. 0
  35. −30
  36. 2
  37. 11
  38. −30
  39. −3
  40. −48

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