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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 319 · 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 ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 66 (c) −16 (d) 16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 62
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 4 (c) 36 (d) 26
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) −10
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 65 (c) −17 (d) −27
  8. 8.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 52 (d) 24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 28 (d) −18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 21
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −11
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 19
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) 33
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −2 (d) −22
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −9
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 32
  31. 31.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 40
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 28
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12

Answer key

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

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