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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 767 · 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 ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −12 (d) −2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 4
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −4 (d) 30
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 83 (d) −25
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) −17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 51 (d) 13
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 21 (c) 41 (d) −41
  16. 16.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  17. 17.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 43
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 32
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 29 (d) 37
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) 22 (d) −46
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −38
  24. 24.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 63 (d) 21
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 20 (c) −16 (d) 16
  27. 27.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 73 (c) 25 (d) −25
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 65 (c) 3 (d) 7
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 23 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  34. 34.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 33 (d) 11
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 50 (c) 36 (d) 26
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 18
  40. 40.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 36

Answer key

  1. −12
  2. 3
  3. −3
  4. 0
  5. 32
  6. 4
  7. 39
  8. 20
  9. −6
  10. 7
  11. −25
  12. −1
  13. 17
  14. 3
  15. 41
  16. −13
  17. −9
  18. −10
  19. 22
  20. −9
  21. 37
  22. 46
  23. 38
  24. −21
  25. 4
  26. 16
  27. −25
  28. −3
  29. 28
  30. −5
  31. −6
  32. −5
  33. 10
  34. 11
  35. 8
  36. 15
  37. 26
  38. 6
  39. 8
  40. 10

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