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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 445 · 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 ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 77 (c) −25 (d) 35
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −48 (c) 48 (d) −38
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  10. 10.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 60 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 20
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 27 (d) 9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 34 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 20
  17. 17.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 60 (c) 28 (d) 18
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 87 (c) 13 (d) −13
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) 19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 64 (d) −52
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 12 (d) −12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) −22
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 51
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 24
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 84
  39. 39.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 47 (c) −23 (d) 33
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) −12

Answer key

  1. −35
  2. 10
  3. 3
  4. 11
  5. 3
  6. −12
  7. 3
  8. −48
  9. −8
  10. 10
  11. 41
  12. 21
  13. 2
  14. −9
  15. −6
  16. 44
  17. 2
  18. 10
  19. 18
  20. −10
  21. −14
  22. −5
  23. −13
  24. 19
  25. 5
  26. −52
  27. −2
  28. −5
  29. 12
  30. 22
  31. 26
  32. −21
  33. −4
  34. 14
  35. 4
  36. 10
  37. −6
  38. −26
  39. 23
  40. −2

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