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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 438 · 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 ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 64
  2. 2.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 53 (d) −13
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 48 (c) −2 (d) −12
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 8
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) −6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) −3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 14 (d) 46
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 4
  20. 20.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 57 (c) −23 (d) 23
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 28 (d) 22
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 63 (d) −53
  29. 29.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 45
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 41 (c) −1 (d) 1
  33. 33.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 68 (d) −4
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 15 (c) 39 (d) −39
  38. 38.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. 13
  3. −10
  4. −7
  5. 14
  6. 22
  7. −8
  8. −12
  9. 1
  10. −7
  11. −15
  12. −13
  13. −8
  14. 6
  15. −1
  16. −3
  17. 36
  18. 21
  19. 12
  20. 23
  21. 3
  22. 5
  23. 0
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 12
  27. 8
  28. −53
  29. 19
  30. 7
  31. −8
  32. 1
  33. −2
  34. 25
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. 39
  38. 6
  39. 37
  40. 17

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