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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 357 · 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 ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 58 (c) −26 (d) −16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 81 (d) 21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −18
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 48
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −17
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 41
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 67
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 27 (c) 31 (d) 41
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 26
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 16
  23. 23.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 15
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8
  27. 27.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 34
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 11 (d) 3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 78
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 26
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) −15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 17 (c) 41 (d) −41
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 62
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 5 (c) −25 (d) 25

Answer key

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

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