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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 603 · 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 ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  2. 2.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 47 (c) −35 (d) −25
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 79 (c) −1 (d) 1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) −28 (d) 38
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 21
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 21
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) −4 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 19
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) 5
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 9 (d) 29
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 24
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 8
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) 15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 56
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) 13
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 60 (d) −48
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) 13
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 15 (d) −33
  38. 38.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 80 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0

Answer key

  1. −23
  2. −35
  3. −8
  4. −1
  5. 28
  6. 35
  7. −1
  8. 8
  9. 29
  10. 20
  11. 16
  12. 13
  13. −7
  14. −5
  15. −9
  16. 6
  17. 29
  18. 8
  19. −15
  20. −14
  21. −2
  22. 7
  23. 5
  24. 1
  25. 12
  26. 19
  27. 13
  28. 11
  29. −48
  30. 3
  31. −27
  32. −13
  33. 3
  34. 8
  35. 34
  36. −8
  37. 33
  38. 0
  39. 9
  40. 0

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