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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 736 · 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 ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 38
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 62 (c) 42 (d) −42
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) −12
  4. 4.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  7. 7.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  8. 8.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) −6 (d) −16
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) −19
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  12. 12.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 21 (d) 39
  14. 14.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 56 (c) −4 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 11
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 15 (d) 43
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 24
  19. 19.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 49 (c) 23 (d) 13
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 24
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) −12 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  27. 27.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 42 (d) 24
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 26 (d) 44
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 25 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 21
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 43 (c) −19 (d) 19
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 31 (c) 17 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −42
  3. −12
  4. −8
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. −3
  8. −16
  9. −9
  10. −29
  11. 4
  12. −10
  13. 39
  14. −4
  15. 5
  16. 19
  17. 33
  18. 38
  19. 13
  20. −8
  21. −15
  22. −5
  23. 17
  24. 24
  25. −12
  26. 34
  27. 14
  28. −9
  29. 14
  30. 6
  31. −9
  32. 0
  33. 1
  34. 44
  35. 9
  36. −1
  37. −3
  38. −19
  39. 5
  40. 7

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