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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 965 · 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 ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) 59 (c) −37 (d) 47
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 17
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) −34
  8. 8.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 84 (d) 6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 53
  12. 12.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) −28
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 52 (d) −28
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 23
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 27
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) 22 (d) −42
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 5
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 33 (d) 11
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 62 (d) 12
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 20
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  32. 32.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −27 (c) −17 (d) 27
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  36. 36.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 32
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) −14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) −12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 24 (c) 40 (d) 30

Answer key

  1. −47
  2. 41
  3. 1
  4. −31
  5. 5
  6. −10
  7. −34
  8. −2
  9. −6
  10. −2
  11. −13
  12. −38
  13. 8
  14. 8
  15. 11
  16. −28
  17. 1
  18. 11
  19. 42
  20. −7
  21. 4
  22. 11
  23. 13
  24. 27
  25. 11
  26. 2
  27. 8
  28. −8
  29. 14
  30. 2
  31. 19
  32. −27
  33. 6
  34. −5
  35. 1
  36. −2
  37. 3
  38. 14
  39. −2
  40. 30

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