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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 297 · 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 ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) −8
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 85 (c) −11 (d) 11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 51 (d) −35
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −1
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) 35
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 84 (c) −12 (d) 12
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 16
  16. 16.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 73 (c) −33 (d) −43
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 34
  18. 18.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 66
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 36
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 36
  23. 23.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 84
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 49 (d) 3
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) −2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 17
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  29. 29.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) 13 (c) 37 (d) 47
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −2
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 8
  3. −11
  4. 2
  5. −35
  6. 9
  7. 3
  8. 33
  9. −5
  10. 25
  11. 3
  12. 10
  13. −12
  14. −6
  15. 0
  16. −43
  17. 24
  18. −12
  19. 12
  20. 40
  21. −12
  22. 26
  23. −20
  24. 6
  25. −7
  26. −2
  27. 7
  28. 9
  29. 37
  30. −10
  31. −10
  32. 4
  33. 6
  34. 8
  35. −5
  36. 0
  37. 9
  38. −2
  39. −5
  40. 11

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