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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 3 · 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 ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 64 (d) 10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 72 (c) −12 (d) 22
  3. 3.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 50 (d) 28
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 29 (c) 13 (d) 3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  6. 6.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) 23 (d) −39
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −13 (d) 13
  9. 9.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) −5
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −10 (d) 0
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 82 (c) 28 (d) −28
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  19. 19.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) 27 (c) 9 (d) −17
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 11
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 29
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) −9 (d) 19
  29. 29.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) −37
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 50 (c) −24 (d) 24
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 27 (c) 41 (d) −31
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 14
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 36
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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