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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 926 · 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 ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 59 (c) 33 (d) −33
  2. 2.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 47 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 78
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 10
  6. 6.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 22 (c) 48 (d) 38
  12. 12.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 51 (d) 13
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) −39
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) −30
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −38 (c) 76 (d) 38
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −17
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −15 (d) −5
  20. 20.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) 30 (c) 6 (d) −20
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) −1 (d) 23
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) −20
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 32
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 12
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 27
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 18
  32. 32.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 4
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 17
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) −13

Answer key

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

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