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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 950 · 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 ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 23
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 57 (d) 23
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 92 (c) 18 (d) −8
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −43 (c) −33 (d) 43
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  11. 11.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 19
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 24
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 77
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 26 (d) 54
  20. 20.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 71 (c) −31 (d) −21
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −45 (c) 65 (d) 45
  22. 22.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 97 (c) −7 (d) −17
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 23 (c) 41 (d) 31
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −3
  30. 30.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 71 (c) −29 (d) 39
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) 25
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 3 (c) −21 (d) 21
  33. 33.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 11 (c) 41 (d) −31
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 17 (d) 43
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −23
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 26
  2. 13
  3. −16
  4. −10
  5. 8
  6. 23
  7. −18
  8. −43
  9. 13
  10. 30
  11. −17
  12. 8
  13. 39
  14. −6
  15. 14
  16. 19
  17. 6
  18. −27
  19. 44
  20. −31
  21. −45
  22. 0
  23. −17
  24. −7
  25. −10
  26. 31
  27. 3
  28. −14
  29. 7
  30. −39
  31. 15
  32. 21
  33. 7
  34. −1
  35. 31
  36. 33
  37. −1
  38. 23
  39. 4
  40. 23

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