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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 257 · 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 ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 77
  2. 2.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 50 (d) 14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 40
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) −14
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) −42
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 48
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 29
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 46
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −8
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) −13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 63 (d) −13
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 0
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 63 (c) −29 (d) −19
  37. 37.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) −44
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 19 (d) 17
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 44 (d) 28

Answer key

  1. −27
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 2
  5. 16
  6. −4
  7. −14
  8. −42
  9. 38
  10. 1
  11. −2
  12. 39
  13. 19
  14. 7
  15. 18
  16. −6
  17. −13
  18. −1
  19. −15
  20. 8
  21. 5
  22. 3
  23. 15
  24. 13
  25. −23
  26. −9
  27. −7
  28. 13
  29. −8
  30. −5
  31. 5
  32. 9
  33. 4
  34. 8
  35. 13
  36. −29
  37. 7
  38. −44
  39. 17
  40. −28

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