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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 957 · 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 ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 39
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 22
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 7
  5. 5.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 75
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 32
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  9. 9.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) 36 (d) 26
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 3 (d) −19
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 13 (d) 9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 2
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −24
  19. 19.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 45 (d) −15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 16
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 78
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −5 (d) 5
  34. 34.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 48 (c) −10 (d) −20
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 5
  36. 36.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −1
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) −16
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) −26 (d) 60
  39. 39.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 67
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6

Answer key

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

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