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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 286 · 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 ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  2. 2.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 74 (c) 8 (d) −2
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) −3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  7. 7.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 63 (c) 17 (d) −7
  8. 8.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 42 (c) −18 (d) 18
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) −17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) 43
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 18
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 41 (c) 25 (d) 15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 51 (c) −21 (d) 21
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) −12 (d) 12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) −15
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 79 (c) −11 (d) −21
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 10
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 16
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 55
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 32
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) −27
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 7 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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