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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 561 · 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 ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −30
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 82 (d) −30
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) 27
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −18
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 15 (d) 33
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 81 (d) 21
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 69 (d) 7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 50
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 81 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 21
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) −43
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  31. 31.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) 32 (c) 42 (d) 8
  32. 32.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 68
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 79
  34. 34.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) −42 (d) 72
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 63 (c) 17 (d) 7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  39. 39.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) −15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. −14
  3. −9
  4. 8
  5. −30
  6. 17
  7. −7
  8. 18
  9. −1
  10. −12
  11. 23
  12. 20
  13. −21
  14. −17
  15. −7
  16. −32
  17. 11
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. −2
  21. −1
  22. −5
  23. 35
  24. −2
  25. −3
  26. 43
  27. 10
  28. −2
  29. 14
  30. 5
  31. 32
  32. 10
  33. −21
  34. −42
  35. −3
  36. 7
  37. −6
  38. 12
  39. −5
  40. 10

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