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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 311 · 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 ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 12 (d) 30
  3. 3.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 69
  4. 4.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 55
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 1
  10. 10.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) 16 (c) 26 (d) 10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −2
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  16. 16.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 56 (c) −36 (d) −26
  17. 17.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 24 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 18
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 29
  21. 21.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) 62 (d) −36
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) −10 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 18 (d) 46
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 38 (c) −4 (d) 6
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 33
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  36. 36.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) 8 (c) −8 (d) 6
  37. 37.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 36
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 29
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. 19
  2. 30
  3. −33
  4. −2
  5. −1
  6. 15
  7. −4
  8. −12
  9. 1
  10. 16
  11. 13
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. −2
  15. −3
  16. −36
  17. −15
  18. 36
  19. 12
  20. 9
  21. −46
  22. −6
  23. −13
  24. 8
  25. −4
  26. 10
  27. 0
  28. −4
  29. 36
  30. −3
  31. 4
  32. −4
  33. −9
  34. −21
  35. 0
  36. 8
  37. −8
  38. 19
  39. −6
  40. 5

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