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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 970 · 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 ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 26
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 3 (d) 27
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 43 (d) 5
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  9. 9.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) 17 (c) 41 (d) 51
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 48 (d) −32
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 25
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  16. 16.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 58
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 16
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 94 (c) −14 (d) 14
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) −28 (d) 38
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 43
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 50 (c) −12 (d) 22
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −11
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) −29
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 26 (c) 42 (d) −42
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 52 (d) 12

Answer key

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

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