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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 588 · 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 ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 83
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) −24
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 83 (c) −13 (d) −23
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 40 (c) −6 (d) 4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) −51
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 19 (c) 39 (d) 29
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) −12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 50 (c) 18 (d) 8
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) 2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 21 (d) 45
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 41
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) −3
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 50 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 58 (c) −10 (d) 0
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −17
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) 25
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 18
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (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) −15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 46
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 24
  3. 19
  4. −2
  5. 1
  6. −23
  7. −6
  8. −4
  9. −4
  10. −12
  11. −51
  12. 3
  13. 29
  14. 4
  15. −12
  16. 8
  17. 9
  18. 8
  19. −6
  20. 2
  21. 35
  22. −41
  23. 3
  24. 2
  25. 12
  26. 9
  27. 12
  28. −10
  29. 17
  30. 15
  31. 18
  32. 0
  33. 6
  34. −6
  35. −5
  36. −7
  37. 6
  38. −13
  39. 36
  40. 7

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