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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 58 · 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 ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 68 (c) −32 (d) 42
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 14 (c) −22 (d) 22
  4. 4.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 98 (c) −22 (d) 22
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 28
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) 21
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 14
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 16
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 9 (d) 41
  21. 21.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) −7
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 35 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 46
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 59 (c) −37 (d) −47
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) 69
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 21
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) 31
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 21
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 22
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −37 (c) −47 (d) 47
  39. 39.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. −42
  2. −5
  3. 22
  4. −22
  5. 13
  6. 6
  7. 10
  8. −6
  9. 45
  10. 9
  11. 3
  12. 14
  13. −2
  14. −4
  15. 4
  16. 19
  17. 6
  18. −9
  19. 29
  20. 31
  21. −7
  22. 0
  23. −3
  24. 36
  25. −11
  26. 6
  27. −47
  28. −43
  29. 20
  30. 7
  31. 12
  32. 21
  33. 15
  34. −12
  35. −4
  36. −18
  37. 46
  38. −47
  39. −6
  40. 13

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