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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 442 · 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 ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 21
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 5 (d) −23
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 65 (c) 3 (d) −3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 41
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 59 (c) −35 (d) −45
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −17 (d) 17
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 12
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 35
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 28
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 57
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 23 (c) −35 (d) 35
  16. 16.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) 41 (d) −31
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 2
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 34 (d) −14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 73 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 58 (c) −8 (d) 2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 30
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 14 (d) 34
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 23
  3. −3
  4. 31
  5. 2
  6. −45
  7. 17
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. −4
  13. −3
  14. 15
  15. 35
  16. −32
  17. 1
  18. −26
  19. 19
  20. 31
  21. 38
  22. −16
  23. 9
  24. −2
  25. −14
  26. −1
  27. −17
  28. 12
  29. 7
  30. 1
  31. −8
  32. 14
  33. −14
  34. 8
  35. 33
  36. 2
  37. −8
  38. 34
  39. 25
  40. 8

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