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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 569 · 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 ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 44 (c) 6 (d) 16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 26
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 43
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 4
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 61 (c) 31 (d) −31
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  11. 11.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 60 (c) 28 (d) 18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 40
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −20
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 23
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 9 (d) −17
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 5
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 4 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 5
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) −30
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 25
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) −14
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) −33
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) 25 (d) 51
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 82
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 86
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 29 (c) 17 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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