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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 742 · 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 ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 71 (d) −39
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 5 (c) 39 (d) 29
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) −46
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) −1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 19
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 34
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 17 (c) −37 (d) 37
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −43 (c) −53 (d) 53
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  25. 25.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 58 (c) −44 (d) −34
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 21 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 18
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) 2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 68
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 9
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −47 (c) 73 (d) 47
  34. 34.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 66 (d) 12
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 33
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 7 (d) 29
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 24
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. 21
  2. −2
  3. −7
  4. −39
  5. 13
  6. −6
  7. 29
  8. −46
  9. −13
  10. 2
  11. 13
  12. 1
  13. 9
  14. −20
  15. 4
  16. 24
  17. 3
  18. 37
  19. −3
  20. −53
  21. 16
  22. 35
  23. 9
  24. 11
  25. −44
  26. 17
  27. 14
  28. 18
  29. 0
  30. −2
  31. −14
  32. 15
  33. −47
  34. 12
  35. 37
  36. 19
  37. −9
  38. 34
  39. −7
  40. 3

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