10 questions
5th - 7th Grade
Mathematics
Rational Numbers - Negative and Positive Number Line is a free printable mathematics worksheet for students in Grades 5–7. It helps learners locate positive and negative integers, decimals, and fractions on a number line; order numbers from left to right; compare values; identify opposites; and interpret negative values in context. Students complete 10 questions, including one multiple-select item and nine multiple-choice items. The questions use number lines, temperature and elevation contexts, and statements about integers to reinforce that numbers farther right are greater and that negative values represent positions or amounts below a reference point when the context calls for it. Students also identify numbers warmer than −2°C and the opposite of −1/4. Use this worksheet for guided practice, independent review, or a quick formative check. It includes a complete answer key for efficient review and grading.
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, b)-21
, e)-31
between −6 and −3
True
New Orleans is 0.3 meters below sea level.
False
Negative.
This Grade 5–7 mathematics worksheet builds skill in locating, ordering, and comparing positive and negative rational numbers on a number line. Its 10 items ask students to work with integers, decimals such as −5.7, fractions such as −1/4 and its opposite, temperature graphs, and an elevation context. The multiple-select and multiple-choice format gives students repeated practice using left-to-right position to determine value.
First model a number line and emphasize that values farther to the right are greater, even when both values are negative. Then use the worksheet’s items on numbers left of −17, ordering plotted values, and comparing −36 with −35 to have students explain their reasoning rather than guess from the digits. Follow with the temperature and elevation questions so students connect number-line position to real-world meaning.
Students may reverse the comparison rule for negative numbers, thinking −36 is greater than −35 because 36 is larger, or select numbers to the right of −17 instead of the left. They may also place −5.7 in the wrong interval, interpret an elevation of −0.3 meters as above sea level, or confuse a number with its opposite when working with −1/4. In the multiple-select question, check that students select every valid number rather than only one correct choice.
This worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz on Wayground, so you can assign the format that fits your lesson. It includes a complete answer key for the 10 number-line, comparison, graph, and context questions. Printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app.
Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing or choose a larger font size if students need more room to read the number-line options, graph-based prompts, and answer choices. You can also enable a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when those file-level changes support access to the questions. These options modify the worksheet itself while preserving its practice with rational-number comparisons.
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