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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 332 · 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 ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 21
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 9
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −18
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) −12
  6. 6.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 15
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 30
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 52 (c) 0 (d) 10
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) −13 (d) 13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 16 (d) 34
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 26
  17. 17.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) −3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 44 (c) −6 (d) 16
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 8 (d) −30
  23. 23.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) −33 (d) 11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 1
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 30
  33. 33.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 96 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 21 (d) 5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) 24
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 21
  40. 40.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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