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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 277 · 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 ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 50
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 7 (c) 37 (d) 27
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 38
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) 7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 12
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 46
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) −36
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 25
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 22
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 0 (c) −6 (d) 6
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 12
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 48 (c) −22 (d) 22
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −13 (d) 23
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −10
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  26. 26.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) −15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  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) 9 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 78 (d) −8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) −16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 27
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) −23 (d) 23
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26

Answer key

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

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