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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 437 · 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 ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 65
  2. 2.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) −14
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 56
  4. 4.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 36
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 43
  7. 7.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) −16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 88
  10. 10.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 52
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 85 (c) −1 (d) −11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 24
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 55
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 12 (c) 46 (d) 36
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 46 (c) 18 (d) −8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 27
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 22
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −13
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 21
  25. 25.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −17 (c) 75 (d) 27
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 53
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) 15
  31. 31.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −3
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) −20
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 14
  3. 4
  4. −37
  5. 36
  6. −19
  7. −26
  8. −6
  9. −20
  10. 2
  11. 4
  12. −11
  13. −8
  14. 6
  15. 14
  16. 13
  17. 6
  18. 42
  19. 36
  20. −18
  21. −5
  22. −6
  23. −3
  24. 33
  25. −27
  26. 9
  27. 21
  28. 14
  29. 27
  30. 5
  31. −7
  32. 2
  33. 2
  34. −8
  35. 6
  36. 7
  37. −1
  38. 10
  39. −20
  40. 22

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