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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 485 · 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 ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) −10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 57 (c) −25 (d) 25
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) 11 (d) −11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 20
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) −8 (d) 8
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 0
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 17
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 5
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 32 (c) 4 (d) 14
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) 44 (d) −34
  27. 27.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 73 (c) 9 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 43 (d) −13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 60 (c) 34 (d) −24
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. −1
  3. 42
  4. 2
  5. 0
  6. −1
  7. −17
  8. −25
  9. −7
  10. −10
  11. 11
  12. 13
  13. 2
  14. −8
  15. −10
  16. 15
  17. 12
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. 5
  21. −23
  22. 4
  23. 4
  24. 34
  25. 44
  26. 34
  27. −1
  28. 16
  29. −1
  30. −3
  31. 0
  32. 2
  33. −1
  34. 3
  35. −13
  36. −34
  37. −6
  38. −2
  39. −13
  40. 4

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