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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 462 · 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 ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 73 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 24
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  4. 4.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 75 (c) 9 (d) 1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 39
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 3
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 3
  11. 11.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 78 (d) −36
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  14. 14.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 37
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 29 (c) 45 (d) 35
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) 24
  18. 18.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 23 (c) −29 (d) 29
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 19 (d) 7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 77 (d) 5
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 66
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  30. 30.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 58 (c) −44 (d) −34
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 22
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) −48
  34. 34.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) −4 (c) 28 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 30 (c) 4 (d) 6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 10 (d) 40
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 17
  39. 39.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 41 (c) −13 (d) −23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 11 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 44
  3. 30
  4. −9
  5. −13
  6. 5
  7. 14
  8. 19
  9. 25
  10. 3
  11. −36
  12. 5
  13. −7
  14. 17
  15. 35
  16. −3
  17. 24
  18. −2
  19. −8
  20. 0
  21. 3
  22. 29
  23. 4
  24. 5
  25. 7
  26. −5
  27. 12
  28. −26
  29. 17
  30. −44
  31. 16
  32. −6
  33. −48
  34. 18
  35. −6
  36. 30
  37. −2
  38. 7
  39. −23
  40. −19

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