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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 771 · 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 ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 59
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −17 (c) 83 (d) 27
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 15 (c) 47 (d) −37
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 7 (c) −25 (d) 25
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 51 (d) 29
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 22
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) −14
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  23. 23.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 55
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 12
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 24 (c) 44 (d) 34
  27. 27.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 30
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 45 (c) 19 (d) −19
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 13
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  35. 35.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −10
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) 11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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