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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 75 · 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.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) 20
  2. 2.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 78
  3. 3.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 47 (c) 35 (d) −35
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) −5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 12
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) 55 (d) 21
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) −19
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 26
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 46 (d) 30
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  17. 17.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 71 (c) 13 (d) −3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −15
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 78 (c) −26 (d) −36
  21. 21.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) −16
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) −7
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) −18
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 76
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) −50
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) −17
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 3
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −23 (d) 33
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) 21 (d) −11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  37. 37.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 52
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) −31
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. −4
  3. −35
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 1
  7. −42
  8. 2
  9. 45
  10. −12
  11. 19
  12. 40
  13. −30
  14. −2
  15. 16
  16. 30
  17. 3
  18. −5
  19. −17
  20. −36
  21. −26
  22. −3
  23. 7
  24. −18
  25. 4
  26. −50
  27. 4
  28. −2
  29. 17
  30. 1
  31. 4
  32. −7
  33. −3
  34. 23
  35. 11
  36. 6
  37. 20
  38. 32
  39. −41
  40. −25

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