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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 917 · 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 ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 31
  2. 2.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 37
  3. 3.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 51
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) 33
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) −17
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 43
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −1
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) −17 (d) 17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 22
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 4
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 61
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) −17
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) −18
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 17 (c) −25 (d) 35
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 12
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) 11 (d) −21
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 23 (d) 41
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 20
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3

Answer key

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

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