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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 969 · 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 ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 62 (c) 42 (d) −42
  2. 2.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 31
  3. 3.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  4. 4.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 28
  6. 6.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 76
  7. 7.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  8. 8.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) 19 (c) −37 (d) 47
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) −22
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 25
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 89
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 30
  14. 14.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 81 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 44
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 75 (d) −41
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) −47
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) −5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 44
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 15 (d) −35
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 33 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 47 (c) −47 (d) −37
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 13
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −7
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) 17 (d) 51
  33. 33.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 31 (d) 11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 38
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) −16
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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