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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 309 · 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 ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 41 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 21 (d) 1
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 65 (d) −47
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) −45 (d) 65
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 43 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 45
  9. 9.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 63 (c) −43 (d) 43
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) −8
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 63
  13. 13.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) 26 (c) 10 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 52 (d) 36
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 28
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) −31
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −8 (d) 2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 65 (c) −15 (d) 15
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) −14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) −39
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 17 (d) −1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 7
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) −15
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) −19
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −9
  3. 2
  4. −47
  5. 2
  6. −45
  7. −9
  8. 35
  9. −43
  10. 8
  11. −2
  12. 11
  13. 16
  14. 26
  15. −4
  16. −3
  17. 9
  18. 6
  19. 7
  20. 31
  21. 2
  22. −8
  23. −15
  24. 14
  25. 1
  26. 15
  27. 0
  28. 39
  29. −11
  30. −7
  31. −1
  32. 13
  33. −2
  34. 15
  35. 26
  36. 12
  37. −3
  38. 5
  39. 19
  40. 5

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