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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 411 · 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 ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 69
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 16
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) 33 (d) −37
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 69
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 30 (d) 44
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) −5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 32
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) −15 (d) 5
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 27
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) 44
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 47 (c) 17 (d) −17
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) 40
  19. 19.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 44
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 18
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 32
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 51
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 29
  27. 27.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 25
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 20
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  33. 33.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) −32
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) 35
  40. 40.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 44 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −12
  3. 12
  4. 37
  5. −5
  6. −41
  7. 34
  8. −15
  9. 22
  10. −2
  11. −5
  12. 7
  13. −7
  14. 44
  15. 6
  16. 10
  17. 17
  18. 40
  19. −20
  20. 9
  21. 36
  22. 2
  23. −10
  24. 41
  25. −8
  26. 7
  27. −23
  28. 8
  29. 5
  30. −8
  31. 10
  32. 29
  33. 14
  34. 8
  35. 32
  36. −4
  37. 17
  38. −9
  39. 25
  40. −4

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