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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 270 · 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 ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 88
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) 65 (c) 47 (d) −37
  3. 3.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) 37 (d) −27
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 11
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) −51
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) −4
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 13
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 19
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 24
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −42 (c) −32 (d) 42
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) −8 (d) 8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) −20
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) −15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) −16 (d) 16
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 36
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 14
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) −8 (d) 8
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) 39
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) −48
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −3
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −22
  2. −47
  3. −19
  4. 27
  5. −11
  6. 6
  7. −51
  8. 4
  9. −17
  10. 36
  11. 5
  12. −1
  13. −1
  14. 32
  15. −42
  16. 30
  17. −8
  18. −20
  19. −5
  20. 16
  21. 29
  22. 1
  23. 1
  24. 39
  25. −3
  26. 25
  27. −6
  28. 0
  29. −1
  30. −7
  31. 36
  32. 8
  33. −8
  34. 8
  35. 29
  36. −48
  37. −3
  38. −20
  39. 15
  40. −6

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