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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 780 · 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 ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 65
  2. 2.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 69 (d) 13
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) −40
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 20
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 65 (c) 13 (d) −13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −3 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −3
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 29
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  21. 21.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 38
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) −14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 81 (d) −19
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 10
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 7 (d) 19
  32. 32.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −1 (d) 33
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 25 (c) 31 (d) 41
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1

Answer key

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

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