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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 930 · 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 ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 60 (c) −16 (d) −6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 27
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 58 (c) 24 (d) 14
  5. 5.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −10 (d) 0
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 13 (c) −27 (d) 27
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 8
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −14 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 54 (c) −14 (d) −4
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) 53
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 5
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  15. 15.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −2
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 24
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) −8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 31
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 37
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 22 (d) 16
  24. 24.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 72 (c) −40 (d) −30
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −35
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 38 (c) −10 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) −9 (d) 9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −7 (d) 3
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 27 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −19
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 7
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 48
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. −16
  2. 33
  3. −8
  4. 14
  5. −6
  6. 0
  7. 27
  8. 8
  9. 14
  10. −14
  11. 43
  12. 16
  13. 5
  14. −37
  15. 1
  16. −8
  17. 2
  18. 32
  19. 8
  20. −4
  21. 9
  22. 37
  23. 6
  24. −40
  25. 35
  26. −20
  27. 9
  28. 22
  29. 1
  30. −7
  31. 4
  32. −13
  33. −1
  34. −18
  35. −2
  36. −9
  37. 11
  38. −10
  39. 10
  40. 9

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