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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 886 · 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 ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 66
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −35
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −6
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −15 (d) −5
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  9. 9.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) −6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 21
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 63 (c) −51 (d) 51
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) −42
  18. 18.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 68 (d) 14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 14 (d) 38
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 24 (d) −32
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 13 (d) 45
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 28 (d) −40
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 86 (d) 28
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 9
  28. 28.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) 24 (c) 2 (d) 14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 93 (c) −17 (d) −27
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 30
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 58
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 35
  3. 0
  4. 6
  5. −5
  6. 19
  7. 0
  8. 34
  9. 6
  10. 17
  11. 14
  12. −2
  13. −51
  14. 8
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. 42
  18. 4
  19. −8
  20. 1
  21. 38
  22. 32
  23. 35
  24. 40
  25. −28
  26. 11
  27. 3
  28. 14
  29. −27
  30. 4
  31. −10
  32. −9
  33. 30
  34. −8
  35. −20
  36. −3
  37. −2
  38. 9
  39. −2
  40. −9

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