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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 265 · 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 ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 88
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 59
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −21
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 44 (d) −14
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 21
  11. 11.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) 26
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 16 (c) 34 (d) 24
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 20 (c) −40 (d) 40
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 10
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 35 (c) −3 (d) −13
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) −1 (d) 1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) −1 (c) 33 (d) 23
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 8
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 76 (d) −34
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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