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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 781 · 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 ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 66 (d) 26
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −1
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 6 (d) 24
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 16 (d) 44
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 17 (d) −41
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 22
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) −23
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 91
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 79
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 57 (c) 23 (d) 13
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) −2
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 85 (c) 25 (d) −25
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 5 (d) 13
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 23 (c) 49 (d) −39
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 77 (c) −1 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 64 (d) 28
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 47 (c) −25 (d) 35
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 53 (c) −1 (d) 1
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −19
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) −39

Answer key

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

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