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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 439 · 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 ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −2 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  3. 3.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 33 (c) 1 (d) −1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 25
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 32 (d) −34
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  8. 8.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 63 (d) −7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 35
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 12
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) −40
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 48
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 18
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −27
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 37 (c) 23 (d) 13
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) 45
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 18
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 24
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 15
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 10
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  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.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 68 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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