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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 744 · 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 ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −2
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 3 (d) −11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 24
  6. 6.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −6
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 0 (d) 2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 31 (c) 1 (d) −1
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 14
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 22 (c) −34 (d) 34
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 31 (c) 19 (d) −9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 23
  23. 23.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 85
  24. 24.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) −15 (d) 5
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 9
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  34. 34.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 46 (c) 12 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 16 (d) 24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 43
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) −9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 45

Answer key

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

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