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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 624 · 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 ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 52 (c) −10 (d) 10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 13
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) 41 (d) −31
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 37
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −33
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 29
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 41
  17. 17.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) 27 (c) −17 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 31 (d) 13
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) −10
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 88
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) −34 (d) 70
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 28
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  31. 31.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 46 (c) 10 (d) 0
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 64 (d) 18
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 26
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) −8 (d) 8
  38. 38.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 47 (d) 37
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 42 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 7
  5. −8
  6. 31
  7. 5
  8. −4
  9. −11
  10. −33
  11. −5
  12. −11
  13. 18
  14. 3
  15. −9
  16. −9
  17. 17
  18. 16
  19. −13
  20. −5
  21. −10
  22. 10
  23. −10
  24. −8
  25. −20
  26. 21
  27. 24
  28. −44
  29. 6
  30. 1
  31. −10
  32. 8
  33. 8
  34. 0
  35. −2
  36. −3
  37. 8
  38. 27
  39. 18
  40. −8

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