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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 663 · 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 ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 93
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 48 (c) −30 (d) 30
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  5. 5.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 52 (c) −10 (d) −20
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 31
  7. 7.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) −12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 42
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 95 (c) −17 (d) 17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) −15
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 64 (d) 20
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  19. 19.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 89
  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) 39 (c) 29 (d) 25
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −9
  26. 26.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 92
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 19
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 67 (d) −53
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 21
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −1
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 55 (c) −31 (d) −21
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) −8 (d) 8
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 51 (d) −27

Answer key

  1. −21
  2. −30
  3. −2
  4. 0
  5. −20
  6. 7
  7. −12
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. −17
  11. 12
  12. −5
  13. −14
  14. 4
  15. 11
  16. 10
  17. 0
  18. −9
  19. −31
  20. 29
  21. 2
  22. 14
  23. 9
  24. 21
  25. 1
  26. −16
  27. 17
  28. 1
  29. −53
  30. 4
  31. 21
  32. 22
  33. 1
  34. −9
  35. −31
  36. 1
  37. 5
  38. 8
  39. 15
  40. −37

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