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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 615 · 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 ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) −33
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 26 (d) 42
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 72
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) 47
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 0 (d) 18
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 10
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) −11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 67 (c) −9 (d) 9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) 24
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 37
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 52
  25. 25.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −12
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 9
  28. 28.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) 32 (c) −32 (d) 10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −48 (c) 48 (d) −38
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −16
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −54 (c) −44 (d) 54
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 25
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 24
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 88
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 98 (c) −8 (d) 18
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 1 (d) 23
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −43
  2. 11
  3. 32
  4. 21
  5. −10
  6. 37
  7. 4
  8. −8
  9. 18
  10. −9
  11. −12
  12. −11
  13. 2
  14. −5
  15. 7
  16. 9
  17. 14
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. −7
  21. −1
  22. 3
  23. 0
  24. −42
  25. −3
  26. 12
  27. −17
  28. 32
  29. −48
  30. −16
  31. −54
  32. 15
  33. 4
  34. 14
  35. 6
  36. −32
  37. 1
  38. −18
  39. 23
  40. −2

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