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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 305 · 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 ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 53
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 23
  4. 4.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) 18
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 4
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) −40
  11. 11.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 58
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 17
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 25
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) −25
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 22
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 0
  28. 28.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 34 (c) 12 (d) −12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) −15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 23 (d) 47
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) −4
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) −5 (d) −15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 59
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 17 (d) 35
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) 17
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −49 (c) −39 (d) 63
  39. 39.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) 20

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −8
  3. −1
  4. 18
  5. 19
  6. 12
  7. −14
  8. −2
  9. −13
  10. −40
  11. 12
  12. 2
  13. 17
  14. 38
  15. 18
  16. −22
  17. −37
  18. 16
  19. 12
  20. 7
  21. 25
  22. 28
  23. −8
  24. 5
  25. −12
  26. 5
  27. 0
  28. −12
  29. −3
  30. −15
  31. 37
  32. −14
  33. −15
  34. −21
  35. 25
  36. −3
  37. 17
  38. −49
  39. −8
  40. 20

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