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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 648 · 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 ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 60 (c) −20 (d) 20
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 60
  6. 6.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 69
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 2
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) −8
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) −32
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 13 (d) 33
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 26 (c) 40 (d) −40
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) −15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −16 (d) 16
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 24 (c) 54 (d) −44
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 7
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) −15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 16 (c) 34 (d) −34
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  35. 35.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 0
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 39 (d) −21

Answer key

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

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