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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 919 · 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 ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 24
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 17 (c) −39 (d) 49
  5. 5.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 63 (c) −7 (d) 7
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 31 (d) 37
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 70 (d) −36
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 22
  12. 12.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 31 (c) −11 (d) 11
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 32 (d) 22
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) −3
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) 11
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −7
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 29 (c) −17 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 44
  35. 35.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) −19
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 23 (d) 47
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 16 (c) 30 (d) 40

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. −6
  3. 0
  4. 39
  5. 7
  6. 37
  7. 6
  8. 13
  9. −1
  10. −46
  11. 32
  12. −11
  13. 34
  14. −5
  15. 6
  16. −17
  17. −9
  18. −4
  19. 22
  20. −13
  21. −3
  22. −6
  23. 1
  24. 11
  25. 10
  26. 33
  27. −14
  28. 4
  29. 1
  30. 7
  31. −2
  32. −5
  33. −17
  34. −4
  35. −21
  36. 19
  37. 37
  38. 12
  39. 9
  40. 30

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