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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 289 · 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 ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 20
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 68 (d) −34
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 6 (c) 30 (d) 40
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 93
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 23
  16. 16.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 52
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) −15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) 39
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) −14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 31
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 76 (d) −14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) −29
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  32. 32.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 62 (d) −16
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −16
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 33 (c) 9 (d) 19
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 2
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −22 (d) −12

Answer key

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

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