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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 577 · 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 ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 44 (c) −22 (d) −32
  2. 2.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 64 (d) −18
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 25 (d) 53
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 21
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 22
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 11
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 58 (c) −4 (d) 6
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 71 (d) −15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) 15
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 46
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −23
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 26
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 61 (c) 17 (d) −17
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) −9 (d) 1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 76
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 11 (d) −29
  24. 24.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 57
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 35 (d) 1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 38 (d) −28
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) 15
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 29
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) 15
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 20
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 3 (d) −11
  37. 37.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 85 (c) 31 (d) −31
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  39. 39.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) 42 (c) 32 (d) 30
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29

Answer key

  1. −32
  2. −18
  3. 43
  4. 7
  5. 40
  6. 1
  7. −4
  8. −2
  9. 0
  10. 8
  11. 3
  12. −5
  13. 5
  14. 2
  15. 18
  16. 23
  17. 16
  18. 5
  19. 16
  20. 17
  21. −9
  22. −40
  23. 29
  24. −15
  25. −18
  26. 1
  27. −7
  28. −28
  29. −15
  30. 33
  31. 42
  32. 15
  33. −11
  34. 13
  35. 26
  36. −11
  37. −31
  38. 2
  39. 32
  40. 19

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