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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 606 · 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 ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 54 (d) −18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) −14
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 86
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 57 (b) 47 (c) 23 (d) −47
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 20 (d) 30
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) 14
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) −12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) −47 (d) 57
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 5
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) 35
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 38 (c) −14 (d) 24
  24. 24.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 63 (d) −25
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 23
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −7
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 56 (c) 8 (d) −2
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) 27
  31. 31.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) −3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 10 (c) 32 (d) −32
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −40 (d) 50
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −11 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. −28
  2. 14
  3. −12
  4. 47
  5. −14
  6. 30
  7. −5
  8. 14
  9. −12
  10. −16
  11. −7
  12. −6
  13. −2
  14. −47
  15. −18
  16. 3
  17. 8
  18. −2
  19. 2
  20. 25
  21. −9
  22. −3
  23. −24
  24. −35
  25. 29
  26. 1
  27. −7
  28. −9
  29. −2
  30. 27
  31. −3
  32. 32
  33. 40
  34. −5
  35. −1
  36. 2
  37. 14
  38. −6
  39. −4
  40. 11

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