Y7 - Negative numbers - U2

Year 7 Maths: Negative numbers (Unit 2 Number skills, Lesson 6) – Complete Lesson, Worksheet & Answers

SHORT SUMMARY (resource summary box)
A complete, fully editable Year 7 lesson on negative numbers: 68 teaching slides, a differentiated Mild/Medium/Hot worksheet with 8 questions, 5 GCSE-style exam questions with a mark scheme, and full answers.

DESCRIPTION
Students order positive and negative numbers on a number line, add and subtract with negatives, and solve problems in context such as temperatures and bank balances.

Learning objectives
• Order positive and negative numbers using a number line
• Calculate additions and subtractions involving negative numbers
• Solve problems with negative numbers in context

What’s included
• PowerPoint: 68 teaching slides plus hidden teacher and cover notes and optional “more practice” slides
• Do Now (four retrieval questions from earlier topics) with solutions
• Prior knowledge checks for mini-whiteboards, with answers on click
• New material followed by I do → We do → You do for each key idea (You do slides have 30-second timers)
• Quick practice in books, from fully supported to challenge
• Differentiated worksheet (Word): 8 questions across Mild (step-by-step), Medium (hints) and Hot (no hints), plus a Finished? extension challenge
• 5 GCSE-style exam questions (8 marks) with a mark scheme labelled M1, A1, B1, P1 and C1
• Solutions slides after every level, and full teacher answers at the back of the worksheet
• Exit ticket with answers

Why teachers like it
• Planned as a 2-hour lesson, easy to cut to 1 hour (instructions on the hidden teacher slide)
• Every table and diagram is native and editable: change the numbers in seconds
• Timings and voice levels on every slide; answers appear on click
• Clear, consistent design and a lesson-by-lesson progress tracker on the title slide
• Cover-friendly: a non-specialist can follow the teacher notes

Part of the Year 7 Unit 2 Number skills series (10 lessons). More resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25