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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 775 · 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 ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 35 (c) 17 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 0
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) −18
  4. 4.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 65 (d) −27
  5. 5.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 61 (c) −27 (d) −17
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 22 (d) 14
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 22 (c) −30 (d) 40
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −2 (c) 20 (d) −20
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 17 (d) 43
  16. 16.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 83 (c) −7 (d) −17
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 22
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −9
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 37 (d) 3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 62 (d) −16
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 72 (c) 4 (d) 6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 76 (c) −18 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  32. 32.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) 12 (d) 40
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 22 (c) −42 (d) 42
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 21
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 8 (d) −28

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 0
  3. −18
  4. −27
  5. −27
  6. 3
  7. 14
  8. 4
  9. −5
  10. 17
  11. 1
  12. −6
  13. 30
  14. 20
  15. 33
  16. −17
  17. 10
  18. 9
  19. −11
  20. −7
  21. −16
  22. −4
  23. −2
  24. −18
  25. −18
  26. −25
  27. 8
  28. 8
  29. −13
  30. 14
  31. 3
  32. 30
  33. 42
  34. 9
  35. −8
  36. 3
  37. −4
  38. −5
  39. 0
  40. 28

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