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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 972 · 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 ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 66 (d) 14
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 16 (d) 44
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) −13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) 22
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 15
  7. 7.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 42 (d) 8
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 77 (c) 41 (d) −41
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 67 (c) 15 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 67 (d) −7
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  12. 12.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) −8
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 14
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 8
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 14 (d) −20
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 27
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 48 (d) 34
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 13 (d) 33
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 20 (d) 18
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 0 (c) 34 (d) 24
  30. 30.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −1 (d) −21
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −5
  34. 34.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 80 (d) −18
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 67
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 73 (d) −31
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 27
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 58 (d) −26
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 29

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 34
  3. 13
  4. 21
  5. 12
  6. 25
  7. 8
  8. −41
  9. 5
  10. 7
  11. −10
  12. −8
  13. 4
  14. 4
  15. −9
  16. 10
  17. 5
  18. 0
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 20
  22. −5
  23. 7
  24. −34
  25. 33
  26. 14
  27. −1
  28. 18
  29. 24
  30. −40
  31. 2
  32. 21
  33. −15
  34. −18
  35. 17
  36. 3
  37. −31
  38. 9
  39. −26
  40. 39

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