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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 493 · 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 ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 18
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  4. 4.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 40
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) −28 (d) 38
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 58 (d) −32
  9. 9.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 64 (d) −22
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 46 (c) 0 (d) −10
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 41
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) −16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 26
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) −13 (d) 23
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 21 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −14
  24. 24.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 49 (c) 11 (d) −11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −9
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 11 (d) 43
  33. 33.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 22 (d) 40
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 22
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 6
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −11

Answer key

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

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