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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 466 · 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 ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 81 (c) 7 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 29 (c) −37 (d) 47
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) 27
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 14
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 12
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 49 (c) 11 (d) 21
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −2 (d) −12
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 25 (c) −35 (d) 35
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 62 (c) −32 (d) 42
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) 38 (d) −38
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 8 (d) −26
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  33. 33.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 52 (c) −16 (d) 26
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 0
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −4 (d) −5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 30
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 22
  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) −4 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 20 (c) −16 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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