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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 571 · 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 ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) 25
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 77 (c) 25 (d) −25
  8. 8.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 57
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 84 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 16
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 28
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 27
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  19. 19.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 72 (d) 2
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 31 (c) 15 (d) −5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 30 (d) 42
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 0 (d) 16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 42 (c) −8 (d) −18
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 16 (d) −34
  31. 31.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 38 (d) −4
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) −23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 65
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 16 (d) 40
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 28 (c) 44 (d) −34
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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