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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 391 · 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.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −2 (c) −18 (d) 18
  2. 2.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 39
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 17
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 27 (d) 43
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 50 (d) 28
  8. 8.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 59 (d) −19
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 23
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 22
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 4 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 49 (c) 5 (d) 15
  14. 14.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 37
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 29
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 11
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 80 (d) −22
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −1
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 51 (d) −33
  28. 28.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 20
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) 17
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) −31 (d) 41
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 32

Answer key

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

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