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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 489 · 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 ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 59 (c) −45 (d) 45
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −6 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 38 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 84 (c) 34 (d) −24
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 0
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 9 (d) −33
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) 33
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 89
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 15 (d) 33
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 21
  17. 17.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 18
  20. 20.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 75 (c) −11 (d) 21
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 4
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −33 (c) −43 (d) 43
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 75 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) −30 (d) −20
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) 14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 24
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 19 (d) 37
  37. 37.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 91
  38. 38.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 70
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. −45
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. −9
  5. −14
  6. −34
  7. 0
  8. 33
  9. 33
  10. −9
  11. 4
  12. −7
  13. 33
  14. 4
  15. −13
  16. −7
  17. −6
  18. −3
  19. 10
  20. −7
  21. −21
  22. 15
  23. 28
  24. −19
  25. −28
  26. −43
  27. −6
  28. −9
  29. −9
  30. 10
  31. −30
  32. −15
  33. −14
  34. 14
  35. 11
  36. 37
  37. −17
  38. −16
  39. 15
  40. 11

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