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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 953 · 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 ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 38
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 43
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 69 (c) −7 (d) −17
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 12
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 54 (c) −20 (d) 30
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 84 (d) −6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 53 (c) −35 (d) 35
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 43
  15. 15.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 31
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 24
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −17
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 40
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 9 (d) 35
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 39
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 60
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −33 (c) 65 (d) 43
  31. 31.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 80
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 65 (c) −31 (d) −41
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 34
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  35. 35.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 95 (c) 15 (d) −15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 79
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 27 (d) 29
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. −10
  2. −1
  3. 10
  4. 19
  5. −2
  6. −17
  7. 32
  8. −8
  9. −20
  10. 1
  11. −30
  12. −16
  13. −35
  14. −19
  15. −18
  16. −4
  17. −11
  18. −2
  19. 12
  20. 17
  21. −22
  22. −9
  23. 25
  24. −2
  25. −16
  26. −1
  27. 11
  28. −28
  29. −10
  30. −43
  31. −2
  32. −41
  33. 24
  34. 21
  35. −15
  36. −41
  37. −19
  38. 7
  39. 29
  40. −8

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