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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 478 · 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 ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 61 (c) 7 (d) −7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 54 (c) 30 (d) −30
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 56 (d) 0
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) −16
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) −14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 23 (d) 33
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 42
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −16
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 75 (c) −35 (d) −45
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 28 (d) 36
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) −7 (d) 7
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 85 (d) 5
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 58 (c) 38 (d) −38
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 30
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 22
  38. 38.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 58 (d) −6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −14
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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