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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 280 · 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 ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 71 (c) 33 (d) −23
  3. 3.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) −31
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  5. 5.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 82 (c) −10 (d) 10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 77 (d) −29
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 89 (c) −27 (d) 27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 74
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 23 (d) 17
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 8 (d) 32
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 60 (d) −22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 86
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 19 (c) 33 (d) −33
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 25
  20. 20.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 74 (c) −22 (d) −32
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 37
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 28 (d) −18
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −49 (b) 49 (c) 71 (d) −39
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 19
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 31 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) 15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 24 (c) −26 (d) 26
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 29
  35. 35.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 59 (c) −27 (d) −37
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 25 (c) −41 (d) 51
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 85
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −33
  3. −41
  4. 16
  5. −10
  6. −2
  7. −39
  8. 8
  9. −27
  10. 12
  11. −1
  12. −16
  13. 0
  14. 17
  15. 32
  16. −22
  17. −8
  18. 33
  19. 13
  20. −32
  21. 5
  22. −7
  23. 11
  24. −11
  25. −15
  26. 18
  27. −49
  28. 21
  29. 20
  30. −11
  31. 4
  32. 5
  33. 26
  34. 31
  35. −37
  36. 41
  37. 17
  38. −5
  39. 22
  40. 25

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