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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 620 · 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 ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) −11
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 43 (d) 1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 95
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 93 (d) −19
  13. 13.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 29 (c) −5 (d) 15
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 49
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −24
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 59 (d) −47
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) 2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 3
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −1
  31. 31.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 51 (c) 27 (d) −17
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 23 (c) 45 (d) −45
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) −24 (d) 34
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 37 (c) −21 (d) 21
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. 6
  3. 22
  4. 8
  5. 1
  6. −4
  7. −20
  8. 1
  9. −23
  10. −9
  11. 5
  12. −19
  13. 6
  14. 5
  15. 6
  16. 3
  17. −14
  18. −3
  19. −47
  20. 4
  21. −2
  22. 4
  23. −6
  24. 0
  25. −28
  26. 5
  27. −7
  28. −8
  29. 13
  30. 15
  31. 17
  32. 45
  33. −9
  34. 14
  35. 24
  36. −21
  37. 7
  38. 1
  39. 23
  40. −14

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