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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 756 · 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 ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −23 (c) 87 (d) 33
  2. 2.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  3. 3.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 45 (d) −19
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −11
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 23 (d) 9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  15. 15.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) 11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) −43
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 37 (c) 13 (d) −3
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 27
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  37. 37.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 53 (c) −5 (d) −15
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 10 (d) −2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 37

Answer key

  1. −33
  2. 12
  3. −19
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 0
  7. 0
  8. 9
  9. −12
  10. −10
  11. 35
  12. 11
  13. 1
  14. −10
  15. 6
  16. −18
  17. −34
  18. −5
  19. −12
  20. −11
  21. 13
  22. 15
  23. −43
  24. −6
  25. 5
  26. 1
  27. −7
  28. −13
  29. −19
  30. 1
  31. −3
  32. 13
  33. 19
  34. 13
  35. 32
  36. −7
  37. −5
  38. −12
  39. −20
  40. 27

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