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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 294 · 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 ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 55 (d) −11
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 40 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 18
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 19 (d) 33
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 22
  11. 11.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −10
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 27 (d) 9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 50
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −15 (c) 89 (d) 25
  22. 22.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 5
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 9
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 60
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 51 (c) 13 (d) −13
  29. 29.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) −12
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 3
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) −3
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) −4
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) −29
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −8
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 39 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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