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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 749 · 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 ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 74
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) −11
  3. 3.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) −12 (d) −2
  4. 4.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 24
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 23 (c) 51 (d) −41
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 56 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 7
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 56
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 77 (c) −31 (d) −21
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) −6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 80
  19. 19.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 52
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −4
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 7
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 25 (d) 11
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
  27. 27.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 18
  30. 30.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 78
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. −38
  2. −1
  3. −12
  4. −4
  5. 3
  6. 6
  7. 41
  8. −2
  9. 14
  10. −2
  11. −3
  12. 18
  13. −11
  14. 14
  15. −5
  16. −31
  17. −16
  18. −4
  19. 22
  20. −7
  21. 4
  22. −3
  23. 8
  24. 11
  25. 4
  26. −31
  27. 1
  28. −9
  29. 18
  30. −2
  31. −8
  32. −13
  33. 2
  34. 0
  35. −1
  36. −7
  37. −26
  38. −6
  39. 7
  40. −7

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