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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 420 · 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 ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 68 (c) −16 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 43
  5. 5.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 66 (c) 8 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 48 (d) −10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 43 (c) −23 (d) −13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 14
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −28
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 72 (c) −10 (d) 20
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  21. 21.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 25
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 43 (d) −19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) −1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 36
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −6
  34. 34.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) −9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 87
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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