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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 368 · 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.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 55 (d) 7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 47 (c) 5 (d) 15
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 1
  8. 8.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  9. 9.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 47 (d) 11
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 56 (d) −4
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) −5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 20
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 5 (c) 37 (d) −27
  19. 19.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 55
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 26
  24. 24.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 35 (d) −15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 51 (d) 23
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) −12 (d) 12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 16
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 12 (d) 20
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 34 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 25 (c) 33 (d) −33
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −47 (c) 57 (d) 47
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 59 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. 7
  3. 5
  4. 9
  5. 13
  6. −1
  7. 1
  8. −6
  9. 11
  10. 4
  11. −4
  12. −2
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. −39
  16. 4
  17. 32
  18. 27
  19. −30
  20. 8
  21. 3
  22. −7
  23. 32
  24. −15
  25. 4
  26. 1
  27. 23
  28. 3
  29. −12
  30. 1
  31. 7
  32. 12
  33. −5
  34. 20
  35. 8
  36. 33
  37. 47
  38. 2
  39. 7
  40. −9

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