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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 994 · 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 ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 28
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  5. 5.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 24 (d) 30
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −11
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 25 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 45 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) 19
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 61 (c) 9 (d) −1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 12 (d) 32
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 51
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 2 (c) −26 (d) 26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 14
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 32 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 29 (d) −7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 53
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 57 (b) 23 (c) 47 (d) −47
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. −10
  3. −13
  4. −3
  5. −9
  6. 11
  7. 16
  8. 30
  9. −2
  10. 11
  11. 2
  12. −2
  13. 7
  14. 5
  15. −5
  16. 7
  17. −8
  18. 8
  19. 9
  20. 13
  21. 5
  22. 34
  23. −1
  24. 32
  25. −2
  26. 19
  27. 28
  28. 23
  29. −6
  30. −6
  31. 10
  32. 26
  33. 10
  34. 1
  35. 0
  36. 7
  37. −2
  38. −5
  39. 47
  40. 17

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