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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 291 · 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 ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 39 (c) 7 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 45
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) −15
  5. 5.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 67
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 38 (d) −10
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 56 (d) −18
  13. 13.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) 32 (c) 6 (d) −22
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 32 (d) 34
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 20
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 18
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −11
  19. 19.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 10 (c) −34 (d) 44
  21. 21.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 81
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  25. 25.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 52 (c) −4 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 70 (d) 8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 29 (d) 35
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 54 (d) 10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 44 (c) −8 (d) 18
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 93 (c) −15 (d) 15
  38. 38.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 54 (c) 20 (d) −20
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 24
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 24 (d) 40

Answer key

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

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