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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 326 · 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 ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 53 (d) 13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 0
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 25
  5. 5.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 97 (d) −23
  6. 6.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 61
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 20
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 48
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 8 (d) −24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −43 (c) −33 (d) 43
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 5
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) −10
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 79 (d) −31
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 75 (c) −9 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 25
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) −11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 24
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 53 (d) 9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 27 (d) 41
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 25
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) 41
  31. 31.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 9 (d) 33
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 25 (d) 7
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 22 (c) 54 (d) 44
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 79 (d) 11
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) −37
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. −13
  2. 0
  3. −5
  4. 43
  5. −23
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 24
  9. 17
  10. 9
  11. 24
  12. −6
  13. −43
  14. −5
  15. 11
  16. −10
  17. 10
  18. 45
  19. −41
  20. −19
  21. 3
  22. 5
  23. 11
  24. −24
  25. 14
  26. −9
  27. 41
  28. −1
  29. 15
  30. 31
  31. −2
  32. 23
  33. 7
  34. 44
  35. 10
  36. −11
  37. 16
  38. 37
  39. −7
  40. 1

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