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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 779 · 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 ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −2 (d) 18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 24 (d) 40
  5. 5.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 67
  6. 6.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 65
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 8
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) −2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) −41
  12. 12.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 53 (c) −39 (d) −29
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −6
  17. 17.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 62 (d) −8
  18. 18.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) 20 (c) −20 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 43 (d) 5
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 8
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 51
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 44 (d) −10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 75 (c) −21 (d) −11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 30 (d) 34
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) −28 (d) 38
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 2
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 60 (d) −6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 53
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) −26

Answer key

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

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