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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 284 · 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 ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 50 (c) 28 (d) −18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 25
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) −31
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 11 (c) −31 (d) 31
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 70 (d) 22
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 28 (d) −12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 21
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 80 (c) 10 (d) 0
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) 14
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) 29
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −5 (d) 19
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 74 (c) 10 (d) 0
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 15
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 27
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17

Answer key

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

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