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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 292 · 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 ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 51 (c) 3 (d) 7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 26 (c) 34 (d) −34
  3. 3.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 75 (c) 1 (d) −9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 67
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 20
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 19 (d) −31
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 24
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) −10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 25
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) 13
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 31 (d) −15
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 13 (d) 47
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 36 (d) −8
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) 5
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 23
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 66 (c) −10 (d) 0
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 32 (d) −14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 41 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) −27
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) −5
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 21 (c) 29 (d) −29

Answer key

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

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