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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 752 · 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 ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 88
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 20
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 35 (d) −25
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 37
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) −4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 47 (d) −21
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −11
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) −17 (d) 17
  11. 11.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 67 (c) 41 (d) −41
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 43 (d) 1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) −4
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −2 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 80 (d) −4
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 89 (d) 11
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 9
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 26 (c) −30 (d) 40
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  35. 35.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) 11 (d) 39
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 31 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −3 (c) −21 (d) 21
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 21
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 40

Answer key

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

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