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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 900 · 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 ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) 11
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 18 (d) 24
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) 52
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 26
  16. 16.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 3
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 13 (d) 25
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 15 (d) 47
  20. 20.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 100 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) 21
  22. 22.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 92
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 23
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 23 (c) 45 (d) −45
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) −25
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 40
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 66
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) −7
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) −21

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 3
  3. 39
  4. 11
  5. −8
  6. 20
  7. 1
  8. −5
  9. 24
  10. 8
  11. 42
  12. −2
  13. −1
  14. −10
  15. 4
  16. 3
  17. −9
  18. 25
  19. 37
  20. −20
  21. 11
  22. −18
  23. −5
  24. −5
  25. −1
  26. −1
  27. 3
  28. 45
  29. 30
  30. −10
  31. 25
  32. −7
  33. 40
  34. 2
  35. −8
  36. −4
  37. −7
  38. −3
  39. 5
  40. −31

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