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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 483 · 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 ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  2. 2.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 91 (c) −23 (d) −13
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 46 (c) −32 (d) 32
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 28
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 14
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 19 (d) 43
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 10 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) −1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 59 (c) 21 (d) −11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 74
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 4
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) −44
  17. 17.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 92
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 6
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) −11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 11
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 11
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −2
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −6 (d) −16
  30. 30.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) −33
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 11
  32. 32.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) −30
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) −17
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 25
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 26 (c) 52 (d) 42
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) −23 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. −23
  3. −32
  4. −3
  5. −4
  6. 4
  7. 33
  8. 14
  9. 4
  10. 16
  11. 1
  12. 11
  13. −26
  14. 18
  15. 5
  16. 44
  17. −16
  18. −15
  19. 30
  20. 7
  21. −1
  22. 14
  23. 11
  24. 19
  25. 8
  26. 11
  27. 1
  28. 22
  29. −16
  30. −43
  31. 7
  32. 20
  33. 30
  34. −3
  35. −17
  36. 15
  37. 33
  38. 42
  39. −4
  40. −13

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