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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 499 · 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 ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 64
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −4
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 67 (d) 29
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 9 (c) −17 (d) 17
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 7
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) −35
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 16 (c) 50 (d) 40
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 69
  21. 21.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 53
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) −25
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 51
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 93
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 71 (d) −27
  33. 33.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 17
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 13 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 13
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. −30
  2. −6
  3. 33
  4. 39
  5. 4
  6. 7
  7. −29
  8. 17
  9. 1
  10. 24
  11. 23
  12. −11
  13. −20
  14. 5
  15. −7
  16. −8
  17. 1
  18. −45
  19. 40
  20. −13
  21. −37
  22. −3
  23. 25
  24. −8
  25. −1
  26. 41
  27. −1
  28. −6
  29. −8
  30. 2
  31. −19
  32. −37
  33. −19
  34. 39
  35. −9
  36. −20
  37. −13
  38. −9
  39. 13
  40. 30

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