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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 808 · 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 ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 57
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 60 (c) −6 (d) −16
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −1
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) −11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) 19
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 46 (d) −20
  8. 8.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 55
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  11. 11.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 43
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 69 (c) −31 (d) 41
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 10 (d) 38
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 72
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  21. 21.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  25. 25.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) −15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  33. 33.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 57 (c) −15 (d) 5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  39. 39.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 87 (d) −19
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16

Answer key

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

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