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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 609 · 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 ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 2 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) 7
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 21
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 39 (c) −3 (d) 13
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −14
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 46 (d) −6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 11
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 14
  21. 21.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 48
  22. 22.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 41
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 21
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 55 (d) 37
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  31. 31.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) 2
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 53 (c) −29 (d) −19
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) −3
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 18 (d) 12
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 64 (d) 40
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 14 (d) 26
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. −32
  2. −2
  3. −4
  4. 9
  5. −5
  6. −4
  7. 9
  8. 27
  9. 21
  10. 3
  11. −6
  12. −7
  13. 14
  14. −8
  15. 6
  16. 1
  17. −16
  18. 11
  19. 7
  20. 4
  21. 28
  22. −15
  23. 2
  24. −5
  25. 43
  26. 14
  27. 1
  28. 0
  29. −37
  30. 37
  31. 2
  32. −2
  33. −5
  34. −29
  35. 3
  36. 9
  37. 12
  38. −40
  39. 26
  40. 10

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