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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 929 · 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 ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 62 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 21
  3. 3.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −14 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  5. 5.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 75
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −24 (c) −4 (d) −14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) −22
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 23
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 21 (d) 15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 16
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 22 (c) 46 (d) 56
  20. 20.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 32 (c) 20 (d) 10
  21. 21.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) −39 (c) 17 (d) 49
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 1
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  26. 26.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 20
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 50
  29. 29.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 2 (d) 34
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 5
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 65 (d) −5
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 51
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 50 (d) 38
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −5
  3. 14
  4. 0
  5. −20
  6. −9
  7. −14
  8. 22
  9. 33
  10. 13
  11. 15
  12. 5
  13. 5
  14. 2
  15. −6
  16. 15
  17. 0
  18. 2
  19. 46
  20. 10
  21. 39
  22. −3
  23. 35
  24. 1
  25. 5
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 40
  29. 10
  30. 24
  31. 3
  32. −10
  33. −5
  34. −16
  35. 1
  36. −9
  37. 41
  38. −7
  39. 28
  40. 29

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