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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 295 · 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 ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) −39
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  6. 6.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 19 (d) 11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −19 (d) 29
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 27
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 11 (d) −35
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 26
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 38
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 37 (c) −1 (d) 9
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 4
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 87
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) 41
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 6
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 21 (c) −41 (d) 41
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 10 (c) −24 (d) 24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −38 (c) −48 (d) 48
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 27
  33. 33.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 68 (d) −12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) −1 (d) 1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 0 (c) 26 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) −15
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. −39
  3. −11
  4. 5
  5. 28
  6. −26
  7. 11
  8. 19
  9. 20
  10. 6
  11. 17
  12. 35
  13. 10
  14. 28
  15. 27
  16. −3
  17. 15
  18. −1
  19. −6
  20. −9
  21. 17
  22. 41
  23. −10
  24. −12
  25. 2
  26. 41
  27. 24
  28. −48
  29. 18
  30. 4
  31. −4
  32. −3
  33. −12
  34. −1
  35. 13
  36. −3
  37. 16
  38. 3
  39. −15
  40. −12

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