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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 579 · 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 ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 57 (d) −11
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 5
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 58
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −33 (c) 73 (d) 33
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  15. 15.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 75 (c) 31 (d) −31
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 31
  19. 19.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 97
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 13
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 29
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 32
  26. 26.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 25
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37
  30. 30.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 19 (d) 37
  32. 32.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 55 (c) 11 (d) −1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 28
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  35. 35.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 63
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) −1
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. −5
  3. 4
  4. 0
  5. 14
  6. 4
  7. −9
  8. 1
  9. −33
  10. −8
  11. 11
  12. −2
  13. 2
  14. 26
  15. −19
  16. 0
  17. −31
  18. 37
  19. −16
  20. −19
  21. −13
  22. 8
  23. −4
  24. 41
  25. 22
  26. −5
  27. 13
  28. −4
  29. 37
  30. −5
  31. 37
  32. −11
  33. 4
  34. −16
  35. −13
  36. −45
  37. −3
  38. 9
  39. −4
  40. 12

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