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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 453 · 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 ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 47 (c) −25 (d) 25
  2. 2.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 94 (d) 14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 15
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 68 (c) −30 (d) −40
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 19 (c) 35 (d) −35
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  8. 8.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 34
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −30 (c) 60 (d) 40
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 14
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 58 (d) −34
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 5
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 18
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −21
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 18 (c) −26 (d) 26
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 16 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 0
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) 12
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) −18 (d) 18
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 45 (c) 33 (d) −33
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  30. 30.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 50 (c) 14 (d) 24
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 17
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 57
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 22
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 32
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42

Answer key

  1. −25
  2. −14
  3. 35
  4. 2
  5. −40
  6. 35
  7. 4
  8. 8
  9. −2
  10. −40
  11. 9
  12. −6
  13. −5
  14. −34
  15. 5
  16. −10
  17. −1
  18. −37
  19. 4
  20. 21
  21. 26
  22. 7
  23. 20
  24. −8
  25. 33
  26. 2
  27. 18
  28. −33
  29. 6
  30. 14
  31. −3
  32. 3
  33. −11
  34. 12
  35. −11
  36. 0
  37. 34
  38. −7
  39. 36
  40. 42

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