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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 625 · 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 ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 50
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) 15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) 19
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 7 (d) 23
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 20 (d) −24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 20
  10. 10.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 48 (d) 10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 28
  12. 12.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 9
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  19. 19.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) −10
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 40
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 71 (d) −49
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 17 (d) −27
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −18
  27. 27.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 34 (c) 10 (d) −10
  28. 28.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 79 (c) 11 (d) −1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −11
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 27 (c) 43 (d) 53
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 28
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 50 (d) −18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 16
  40. 40.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 13
  3. 7
  4. −28
  5. 5
  6. 9
  7. 23
  8. 24
  9. 8
  10. −10
  11. 10
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. −10
  15. −27
  16. 7
  17. −13
  18. 0
  19. −15
  20. 37
  21. 0
  22. 40
  23. 1
  24. −49
  25. 27
  26. 18
  27. −10
  28. 1
  29. −1
  30. 43
  31. 18
  32. −6
  33. −2
  34. 22
  35. 1
  36. −16
  37. 18
  38. −5
  39. 34
  40. −8

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