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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 310 · 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 ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 62 (d) −12
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 17
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 53 (d) −3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) 33 (d) −23
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) −27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) −15
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 27
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −4 (c) 5 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) 23
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) −17
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −16
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) 25
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −8
  24. 24.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 61 (d) −33
  25. 25.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 45 (d) 29
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 20 (d) 32
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 28 (d) −12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) −12 (d) 12
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −7
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 19
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 4
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 38
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 18
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 27 (c) 53 (d) 43

Answer key

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

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