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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 939 · 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 ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 83 (c) −9 (d) −19
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 42 (c) 30 (d) −20
  3. 3.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 46 (c) −8 (d) 8
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 46
  6. 6.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 66
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −7
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 25 (d) 1
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 38 (d) 6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 52
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 9 (c) 31 (d) −31
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) −46 (d) 56
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 82
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 66 (d) −52
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 62
  25. 25.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) −14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 2 (d) 10
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) −18
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 36
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 36
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) 10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. −19
  2. 20
  3. 8
  4. 32
  5. −30
  6. −36
  7. 40
  8. −7
  9. 1
  10. 30
  11. 12
  12. −6
  13. 6
  14. −36
  15. 31
  16. 46
  17. −18
  18. −52
  19. −2
  20. −6
  21. −4
  22. 41
  23. −3
  24. −4
  25. −24
  26. −9
  27. 33
  28. −4
  29. 10
  30. −6
  31. −18
  32. 2
  33. 2
  34. 4
  35. 26
  36. 0
  37. 10
  38. 2
  39. 4
  40. −22

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