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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 956 · 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 ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) −17 (d) 57
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −15
  4. 4.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) −13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) 24
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) −21 (d) 21
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 18
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 16 (d) 50
  14. 14.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 86 (d) −18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 9
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 5 (d) 29
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 14
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) −11
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 12
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) −30
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 35 (c) 3 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 23
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 4
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) 17
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 76 (c) −10 (d) 0

Answer key

  1. −17
  2. −27
  3. 15
  4. −9
  5. 17
  6. 13
  7. −10
  8. 24
  9. 21
  10. −12
  11. 42
  12. 20
  13. 40
  14. −18
  15. −2
  16. 9
  17. 29
  18. 14
  19. 20
  20. −11
  21. −7
  22. 13
  23. 31
  24. 12
  25. 22
  26. 30
  27. 2
  28. 11
  29. −5
  30. 3
  31. 13
  32. 34
  33. −6
  34. −6
  35. 0
  36. −17
  37. 6
  38. 1
  39. 4
  40. 0

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