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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 301 · 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 ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 24
  2. 2.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 64 (c) 28 (d) −28
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 69 (d) 5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 10 (c) 26 (d) 16
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 19
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 69 (c) 7 (d) −3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) −11 (d) 11
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 70
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 18
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 45
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 31
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −4
  26. 26.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) 31 (c) 41 (d) 27
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 44 (d) −6
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 77 (c) −33 (d) 43
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) 18
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 11

Answer key

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

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