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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 591 · 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 ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 34
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 27
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 1 (d) 23
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 18
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 22 (d) 26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 16
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 72
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −2 (d) −20
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 16
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 70 (d) 20
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 36
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 54 (d) −20
  28. 28.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) 31 (c) 1 (d) 21
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) −9
  30. 30.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) −16 (d) 16
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 46 (c) −28 (d) −18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 27
  34. 34.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) 7 (d) −19
  35. 35.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 12
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 19

Answer key

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

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