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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 192 · 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 ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 74 (c) −4 (d) 6
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 58
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 56 (c) −8 (d) 18
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 13
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 70
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 61 (c) −7 (d) −17
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 15
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) 32 (d) −38
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 16 (d) 34
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 18
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 53
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 26
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 11 (d) 19
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) −29 (d) 39
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  24. 24.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 57 (c) 39 (d) −39
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 44
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 9 (d) −15
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 50
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) −36
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 21
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  38. 38.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) −5 (d) 5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 58 (c) 42 (d) −32

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. −8
  3. 1
  4. −3
  5. −18
  6. 1
  7. −3
  8. 9
  9. 27
  10. 2
  11. −16
  12. −17
  13. −15
  14. 38
  15. 34
  16. 4
  17. 43
  18. −2
  19. 8
  20. 19
  21. 29
  22. −15
  23. 22
  24. −39
  25. −9
  26. 20
  27. −2
  28. −4
  29. −2
  30. −5
  31. 8
  32. 14
  33. 36
  34. 7
  35. 8
  36. −3
  37. 35
  38. −9
  39. 5
  40. −42

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