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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 381 · 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 ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 28
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −16 (d) 26
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −2
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 74 (d) −30
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 3
  15. 15.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 58
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 79 (d) 3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 9
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 2
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) −3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 44 (c) −16 (d) 26
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 63 (d) −37
  24. 24.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 32
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  27. 27.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −50 (c) 64 (d) −40
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 27 (c) 29 (d) −29
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 8
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) 6
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 56 (d) 8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 14
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) −16
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 6
  40. 40.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 16
  5. −10
  6. 2
  7. −1
  8. 0
  9. −13
  10. 15
  11. 6
  12. 3
  13. −40
  14. 11
  15. 18
  16. −7
  17. −1
  18. 14
  19. 9
  20. 2
  21. 3
  22. 16
  23. −37
  24. −12
  25. 7
  26. 0
  27. 7
  28. 12
  29. −50
  30. 29
  31. −7
  32. −2
  33. −4
  34. −1
  35. −8
  36. −2
  37. 14
  38. 16
  39. 6
  40. 1

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