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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 611 · 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 ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) 5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 8
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 20
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 37
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 15 (d) 45
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 24
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) 5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 41
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 58 (d) −10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 81
  20. 20.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 68
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) −20
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 79 (c) −3 (d) 3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) −14 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 13
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 52 (c) −18 (d) 28
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) −4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) −25
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 15 (d) 13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 10
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) 27
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 23
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10

Answer key

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

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