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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 962 · 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 ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  2. 2.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 24
  7. 7.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) −15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 23 (c) 29 (d) 39
  10. 10.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 61
  11. 11.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) 47 (d) −21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) 37
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  20. 20.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) −15
  22. 22.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 18
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 22
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) −10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 92 (d) −14
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 25 (d) 45
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 14 (c) −26 (d) 26
  29. 29.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 63
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 19 (c) 43 (d) 33
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 34
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) 19
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 63 (d) 5
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 46 (c) −24 (d) 24

Answer key

  1. −17
  2. −13
  3. 40
  4. 28
  5. −1
  6. 34
  7. −22
  8. −5
  9. 29
  10. −41
  11. 21
  12. −1
  13. 0
  14. −2
  15. 27
  16. −6
  17. 31
  18. 9
  19. −3
  20. −5
  21. −15
  22. −12
  23. −22
  24. 0
  25. −24
  26. 45
  27. −3
  28. 26
  29. 15
  30. −2
  31. 33
  32. 1
  33. 29
  34. 21
  35. 24
  36. 37
  37. −1
  38. 5
  39. 16
  40. −24

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