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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 97 · 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 ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 31 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 22 (d) 34
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 79
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) 5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 68
  11. 11.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 58
  12. 12.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 76 (c) −36 (d) −26
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 33
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 35 (c) 7 (d) −3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 19
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 29 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 26 (c) 34 (d) −34
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 22 (d) 8
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) −23
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 43
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 8
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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