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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 665 · 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 ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 6
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) −2 (d) 2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  7. 7.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 44 (c) −22 (d) 22
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −14
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 27
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 19
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) 11
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) 12
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −8
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −12
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) −39
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 9
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) −29
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 13
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −4
  25. 25.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) 4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 55 (d) 19
  29. 29.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 92 (c) −22 (d) −12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 76 (c) 16 (d) −16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 52 (c) 38 (d) 28
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  35. 35.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 6
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 36

Answer key

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

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