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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 278 · 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 ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 64 (d) −24
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  8. 8.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 72 (c) 40 (d) −40
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  12. 12.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 88 (c) −28 (d) 28
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) −5
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 67 (d) 3
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 27
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 22
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 14
  26. 26.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 25
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) 35
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 21 (d) 15
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 25
  35. 35.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 67 (d) −1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 77 (d) −9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 60 (d) −20
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 8
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 27 (c) −43 (d) 43
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −6

Answer key

  1. −34
  2. −2
  3. −1
  4. −6
  5. 6
  6. −5
  7. 21
  8. −40
  9. 0
  10. 5
  11. 25
  12. −28
  13. −5
  14. 3
  15. 30
  16. 7
  17. 1
  18. 9
  19. 13
  20. −4
  21. 6
  22. 0
  23. 2
  24. −13
  25. 4
  26. −7
  27. 3
  28. 11
  29. 36
  30. −5
  31. 25
  32. 5
  33. 4
  34. 13
  35. 1
  36. −9
  37. −20
  38. −14
  39. 43
  40. 6

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