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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 642 · 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 ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 52 (d) −16
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −50 (b) 70 (c) −40 (d) 50
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −19
  4. 4.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 19
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 7 (c) 39 (d) 29
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 0
  9. 9.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 16
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 9
  15. 15.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) 3
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 85 (c) −5 (d) −15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 25
  18. 18.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 60
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 40 (c) 8 (d) −2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 23
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 61 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 71 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 12
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 3
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 11
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 62
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 6 (d) 28
  33. 33.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −27 (c) −17 (d) 27
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) −5 (d) −15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  37. 37.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −29
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) 47
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 26
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11

Answer key

  1. −16
  2. −50
  3. 19
  4. −10
  5. 5
  6. 9
  7. 29
  8. 0
  9. −9
  10. −15
  11. 3
  12. −30
  13. −2
  14. −1
  15. 3
  16. −15
  17. 15
  18. −28
  19. −6
  20. −2
  21. 29
  22. −15
  23. 9
  24. 30
  25. −12
  26. −5
  27. 21
  28. 3
  29. −18
  30. 10
  31. 0
  32. 18
  33. −27
  34. −1
  35. −15
  36. 5
  37. −29
  38. 37
  39. 26
  40. −5

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