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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 224 · 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 ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) −40
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 16
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 34
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 27
  5. 5.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 0
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 56 (c) −10 (d) 20
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 50 (c) 14 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 18
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 33
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) 37
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 59 (d) 19
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 77 (d) −11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 65 (d) 9
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) −6
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  26. 26.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 50 (c) −10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 26 (d) 46
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) 16
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 30
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 23
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 30 (d) −8

Answer key

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

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