Y6 negative numbers in context and intervals across zero

Two Sheets

Fluency questions:

• identify highest and lowest temperatures
• identify warmest and coldest temperatures
• use inequality symbols to compare positive and negative numbers
• ordering temperatures starting with the lowest
• ordering temperatures starting with the highest
• working out rules to number sequences and filling in the missing numbers

15 questions in total

Problem questions:

• calculate an interval from negative to negative
• calculate an interval across zero from positive to negative
• intervals across zero with answers given and answer true or false
• find two numbers from a a given group with a specified difference
• find two numbers with a specified difference where one is negative and one is positive and two numbers that could not be the answer
• provide possibilities for a given calculation and answer, where one number is negative and one is positive
• explain the answer to a question about the number of floors in a building where zero must be included

8 questions in total, including bank account and temperature contexts