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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 923 · 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 ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 5
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 26
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −24
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 69 (d) 11
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) −16 (d) 16
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 74
  11. 11.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 15 (d) 17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 17 (d) 39
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 3
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −16
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 72 (c) 4 (d) −4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 66 (d) −38
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 19 (c) 33 (d) −33
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 13
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 10
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 69 (c) 3 (d) 7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 86 (c) −28 (d) 28
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) −34
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 57
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 64
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) −16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 73 (c) 3 (d) −7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. −15
  2. −11
  3. 3
  4. 10
  5. 24
  6. 35
  7. −11
  8. 6
  9. 16
  10. −22
  11. −36
  12. −7
  13. −9
  14. 13
  15. 7
  16. 39
  17. 21
  18. −3
  19. 16
  20. 4
  21. −4
  22. −38
  23. 33
  24. −2
  25. −1
  26. 0
  27. 4
  28. −3
  29. −28
  30. −44
  31. −27
  32. 6
  33. −36
  34. 18
  35. −16
  36. −2
  37. −16
  38. 2
  39. −7
  40. −3

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