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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 261 · 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 ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) −1 (d) 1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 54
  3. 3.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 60
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 39
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) −7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 35 (c) 21 (d) 11
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) −19
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) −9
  12. 12.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 30
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 18
  15. 15.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  17. 17.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 64 (c) 24 (d) 14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 50 (c) 32 (d) −32
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 1 (c) −15 (d) 5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 53
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 77 (c) −3 (d) 3
  26. 26.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 67 (c) −53 (d) 53
  27. 27.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 63
  28. 28.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 93
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  33. 33.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 91 (c) −17 (d) 17
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 30
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 8
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 67 (c) 13 (d) 3

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 44
  3. −4
  4. 29
  5. 7
  6. 11
  7. 1
  8. 19
  9. 8
  10. −8
  11. 9
  12. 6
  13. 30
  14. 38
  15. −17
  16. 6
  17. 1
  18. 14
  19. −32
  20. −6
  21. −6
  22. −5
  23. −31
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. −53
  27. −35
  28. −27
  29. 27
  30. 4
  31. 8
  32. 15
  33. −17
  34. −18
  35. −5
  36. 8
  37. 0
  38. 8
  39. 34
  40. 3

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