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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 74 · 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 ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) −29
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 7
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) −5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 72
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 3 (c) 35 (d) 25
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 11 (d) 19
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 15
  10. 10.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) −32 (c) 32 (d) 16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) 1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 10 (c) −32 (d) 42
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 67 (c) −7 (d) 3
  16. 16.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 44
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 36 (c) 8 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 77 (d) −27
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 19
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 27
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −2
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −14
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 30
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 16
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 29 (c) −39 (d) 39
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 19
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 34
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 22
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) −24
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 11

Answer key

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

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