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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 430 · 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 ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 30
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 18
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −1
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −5
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 58
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −1 (c) −23 (d) 23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) 9
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) 27 (d) −43
  15. 15.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  16. 16.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 45 (d) −29
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) −16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 54 (d) −4
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 19
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 22 (d) 40
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 19 (c) −39 (d) 49
  25. 25.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  26. 26.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) −4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) −30
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 54
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) −22
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 15 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −4
  3. 9
  4. 1
  5. 5
  6. 21
  7. 0
  8. 5
  9. 4
  10. 35
  11. 7
  12. 23
  13. 9
  14. 43
  15. 15
  16. −29
  17. −6
  18. −16
  19. −5
  20. −14
  21. −7
  22. 30
  23. −11
  24. 39
  25. 3
  26. −4
  27. 39
  28. 30
  29. −34
  30. −20
  31. 4
  32. −6
  33. 22
  34. 1
  35. −9
  36. −12
  37. 3
  38. −9
  39. 15
  40. −10

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