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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 971 · 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 ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −52 (c) −42 (d) 64
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  5. 5.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  6. 6.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 21
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 16 (c) 38 (d) 48
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 13
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 54
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  25. 25.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 64 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 40 (d) 2
  27. 27.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 51 (d) −39
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) 10
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 0
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 59

Answer key

  1. −52
  2. 21
  3. 36
  4. 8
  5. 0
  6. −11
  7. 0
  8. 26
  9. −18
  10. 11
  11. 11
  12. −16
  13. 38
  14. 3
  15. −12
  16. 5
  17. 14
  18. −9
  19. −5
  20. 9
  21. −11
  22. −5
  23. 1
  24. 0
  25. −10
  26. −8
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. −13
  30. −4
  31. 15
  32. 13
  33. −39
  34. 7
  35. −4
  36. −5
  37. −8
  38. 0
  39. −10
  40. −33

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