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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 814 · 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 ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) −5
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −19
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 11
  7. 7.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 17
  8. 8.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 88 (c) −8 (d) −18
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 21
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 30 (d) −6
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 26 (d) −10
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 40
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 21
  17. 17.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) −34
  20. 20.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) −24
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 67 (c) −41 (d) −51
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 4
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 48 (d) 18
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 74
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 27
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  32. 32.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 25
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  35. 35.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) −49
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 29
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) −19
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 13 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. −4
  4. −9
  5. 10
  6. 3
  7. 7
  8. −18
  9. −2
  10. 5
  11. 6
  12. 1
  13. 10
  14. 12
  15. 0
  16. 11
  17. 4
  18. 13
  19. 34
  20. −34
  21. −28
  22. 24
  23. −20
  24. −4
  25. −51
  26. 4
  27. −18
  28. −10
  29. 11
  30. −2
  31. 5
  32. 3
  33. 3
  34. −4
  35. −49
  36. 8
  37. 19
  38. −9
  39. 19
  40. 21

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