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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 463 · 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 ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 53
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −24
  4. 4.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 63
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) −21
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) −41 (d) 41
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 26
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) 10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 21 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) 25
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 26 (d) 32
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 21 (d) −33
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 5 (d) 19
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 57
  24. 24.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) 18 (c) −4 (d) 28
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −10 (d) 0
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  27. 27.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 63 (d) −51
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 29 (d) 5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) −27
  34. 34.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 32
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −13 (d) 13
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 6
  3. −24
  4. −19
  5. 21
  6. −19
  7. −7
  8. 41
  9. −1
  10. 12
  11. 18
  12. 26
  13. 0
  14. 6
  15. 9
  16. −9
  17. 15
  18. 32
  19. −1
  20. 33
  21. −13
  22. 19
  23. −45
  24. 18
  25. −10
  26. 1
  27. −12
  28. −51
  29. −7
  30. 5
  31. −6
  32. −15
  33. 27
  34. −5
  35. 22
  36. 13
  37. 29
  38. −16
  39. −15
  40. 18

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