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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 946 · 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 ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 41 (d) −1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 52 (d) −22
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) −25 (d) 53
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 25 (d) 27
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) 16
  9. 9.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  11. 11.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 45
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −22
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 5 (d) 13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 43 (d) 29
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 27 (d) 9
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 24 (d) 16
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 48 (d) 22
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) −14
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 55 (d) −27
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 83
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 0
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) −21 (d) 31
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −14
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) −8
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 7
  38. 38.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) −46 (c) 56 (d) 22
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 21 (d) 43
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −32
  3. 29
  4. −3
  5. 34
  6. −35
  7. 27
  8. 6
  9. −23
  10. 1
  11. −29
  12. 22
  13. −4
  14. 19
  15. 13
  16. 19
  17. 9
  18. 6
  19. 8
  20. 16
  21. −22
  22. −14
  23. 6
  24. 9
  25. −27
  26. −19
  27. −8
  28. 37
  29. 21
  30. −3
  31. −8
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. 14
  35. 8
  36. −8
  37. −3
  38. 46
  39. 43
  40. −1

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