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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 434 · 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 ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 89 (c) −31 (d) −21
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −13
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 15
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 11
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  6. 6.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 41
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 9
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 33 (d) 9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −4
  12. 12.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) −12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 69 (c) 33 (d) −23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 83 (d) −27
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) −15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  23. 23.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 73
  25. 25.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 35 (c) 9 (d) 1
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 50 (c) −36 (d) −26
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −6 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 18
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 29 (d) 17

Answer key

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

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