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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 447 · 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 ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 13
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) −15
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  9. 9.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 83 (c) 9 (d) 1
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) −25 (d) 35
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −4
  12. 12.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) 11 (c) 29 (d) −19
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 21
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −8
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 54 (c) −32 (d) −42
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 30 (d) −20
  19. 19.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) −33
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) −26
  24. 24.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 54 (d) −34
  25. 25.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 58
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 68 (d) −22
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 47 (d) −15
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  30. 30.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 70 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 95 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −1
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −9
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. −13
  2. 3
  3. −5
  4. 15
  5. 19
  6. 16
  7. 6
  8. −5
  9. −9
  10. −35
  11. 4
  12. 19
  13. 11
  14. 8
  15. −42
  16. −3
  17. −1
  18. 20
  19. −43
  20. 6
  21. 12
  22. 4
  23. 26
  24. −34
  25. −22
  26. −32
  27. 3
  28. −15
  29. 23
  30. −10
  31. −21
  32. −6
  33. 9
  34. −8
  35. 1
  36. −19
  37. −9
  38. 7
  39. 18
  40. −18

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