Numbers and place value · Usually met around P5
Negative numbers
From “Negative numbers around us” to “Coordinates in four quadrants”, step by step, each skill with its methods, worked examples and answers.
Skills in this topic, easy to hard
- Negative numbers around usWhich side of 0, then how far from 0
- Comparing and ordering negative numbersFurther left is smaller; a negative further from 0 is smaller
- Counting through zeroCrossing 0: go to 0 first, then the rest
- Differences across zeroAcross 0: add the two parts
- Adding and subtracting on a number lineAdd: right. Take away: left. Stop at 0 first
- Coordinates in four quadrantsAcross, then up; left and down are negative
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