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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 535 · 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.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 55
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 51
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 91
  12. 12.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 78 (d) 26
  13. 13.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 20 (d) 12
  15. 15.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 48 (d) −8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 20
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) −34
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 10
  23. 23.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 26
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 85 (c) 5 (d) −15
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 0
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 6
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 37 (d) −27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 26
  36. 36.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) −1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 39 (d) 9
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 59

Answer key

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

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