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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 630 · 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 ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 84 (c) 10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 3 (d) 5
  3. 3.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 39 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  5. 5.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 12
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) 22
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  11. 11.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  14. 14.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) 24 (c) −34 (d) 44
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −17
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 2
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) −12
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 25
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) −21
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 29 (d) 9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) −13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 24
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 20
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 13
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  36. 36.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 75 (d) −45
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. −5
  3. −9
  4. 1
  5. −4
  6. 27
  7. −16
  8. 12
  9. −19
  10. 29
  11. 0
  12. 41
  13. 4
  14. 34
  15. −9
  16. 17
  17. 8
  18. −8
  19. −12
  20. 29
  21. 21
  22. −9
  23. 11
  24. −13
  25. 15
  26. −4
  27. 16
  28. 7
  29. 4
  30. 7
  31. 20
  32. 13
  33. 0
  34. 4
  35. −4
  36. −45
  37. 5
  38. 6
  39. 30
  40. 9

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