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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 587 · 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 ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) −41
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) −18
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 67 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 11
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 27
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −5
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) −16 (d) 26
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 13
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  12. 12.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 53 (d) −27
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 2
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) −4 (c) 28 (d) 18
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 13
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 26
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 21 (d) −5
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 53 (c) 19 (d) −9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 0
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 17 (d) −25
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 85
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 26
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 28
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) −12
  37. 37.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) −14 (d) 14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5

Answer key

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

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