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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 793 · 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 ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 64 (d) 34
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 13 (d) −25
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 13
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 29 (d) 41
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 7
  12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) −21
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 35 (d) −9
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) −11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) −6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 52
  22. 22.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 86 (c) −24 (d) 24
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 79 (d) −1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 5
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −13
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 8
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) −42
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 21 (d) 5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 19
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −29
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 66
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 28
  38. 38.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 22
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 47

Answer key

  1. −34
  2. 8
  3. 25
  4. −10
  5. −19
  6. −1
  7. 41
  8. −3
  9. −6
  10. 1
  11. 7
  12. −7
  13. −31
  14. 4
  15. 1
  16. 17
  17. −23
  18. 9
  19. −11
  20. 6
  21. −12
  22. −24
  23. −10
  24. −1
  25. 3
  26. −13
  27. −8
  28. 42
  29. −2
  30. 5
  31. 17
  32. 7
  33. −6
  34. 0
  35. −29
  36. −40
  37. 8
  38. −1
  39. −6
  40. 37

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