Negative Numbers

Negative Numbers

by Fabrice Egah

​Negative Numbers

​Objectives

• ​Recognise negative numbers as positions on a number line and order, add and subtract negative and positive integers in context.

​Drawing number line

​On a clean sheet of paper, draw a number line ranging from -10 to 10

​Fine out what happens to the numbers as they move to the left and the right.

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​Ordering numbers

• ​Order the numbers from biggest to smallest, -3, -4, 2, -1, 6.

• ​What did you noticed?

• ​write down what you noticed in you book.

​compare the number line below to the one you drew

Activity

​on the sheet provided on negative numbers, page 9 for those with the workbook, solve number 1 (b and c).

​Sequencing

1. ​Study the number below and find out the relationship betweenthem

​a. 5, 3, 1, -1, _, _, _.

​what do you think happened to 5 for it to get to 3 and

what next?

​complete the sequence.

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​Adding and subtracting numbers

Using your number line solve the questions

1. 6-11​

2. ​o-8

3. ​-3+4

   What did you noticed?

4. ​write down two things you noticed in solving the above questions. - 6-11 (take the larger number minus the smaller one and the operation sign in front of the larger number is added). ie. 11-6=5 and the negative sign is added to give -5. - -3+4 becomes 4-3=1 and the sign is added to give +1 which is 1

​Activity

​Solve the following

​page 9 question 3, 4 and 5.

​extension activity: number 6 and 7

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