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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 546 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 15
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) 18 (d) −8
  6. 6.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 59
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 39
  8. 8.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) −17
  11. 11.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 8 (d) 32
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 48 (c) −48 (d) −38
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) −11
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 60 (c) 46 (d) −46
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) −26 (d) 36
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) −20
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 1
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) −27
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 37 (c) −7 (d) −17
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 3
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 20
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 63

Answer key

  1. 29
  2. 12
  3. −3
  4. −7
  5. 8
  6. 17
  7. −23
  8. −31
  9. 0
  10. −17
  11. 3
  12. 20
  13. −15
  14. 32
  15. −48
  16. −11
  17. −4
  18. −46
  19. 26
  20. 2
  21. −1
  22. 8
  23. −4
  24. −20
  25. 1
  26. −8
  27. −37
  28. 10
  29. 3
  30. −2
  31. 1
  32. 13
  33. −8
  34. −17
  35. 11
  36. 2
  37. 30
  38. −6
  39. 13
  40. −41

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