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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 910 · 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 ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) −14
  4. 4.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 58 (c) 14 (d) −4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 34
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 0
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) 19 (d) 53
  10. 10.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 58 (c) 8 (d) −2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 21
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 16
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 17 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 27
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) 10
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 43
  24. 24.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 90 (d) −18
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −2
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 30 (d) −6
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) −14
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 34
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −17 (d) 27
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) −32
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) −7 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. −11
  2. 11
  3. −24
  4. 4
  5. 24
  6. 24
  7. −13
  8. 0
  9. 43
  10. −2
  11. −1
  12. −10
  13. 34
  14. 9
  15. 33
  16. −10
  17. 28
  18. 36
  19. −2
  20. −18
  21. 1
  22. 15
  23. −27
  24. −28
  25. −2
  26. −3
  27. 4
  28. 6
  29. 10
  30. −14
  31. 2
  32. 13
  33. −1
  34. −4
  35. −34
  36. 17
  37. 7
  38. −16
  39. −32
  40. −7

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