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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 602 · 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 ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 27
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) 5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) 7
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 13 (c) 29 (d) −29
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 23
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 59 (c) −33 (d) 33
  17. 17.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) −38
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 53
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 32
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 31 (d) −21
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) 35
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 29 (c) −33 (d) 33
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −1 (d) −11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 15
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 17
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 26 (d) 32
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) −32
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 30
  38. 38.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 36
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 67 (c) 11 (d) 21
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 20 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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