Primary maths: Negative numbers

Explore negative numbers in KS2 with these games, activities and lesson ideas

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Primary Children Smiling & Answering Questions To Promote Positive Messages About Negative Numbers

Promote positivity when working with negative numbers with help from these innovative resources

To help you to introduce and explore negative numbers with your primary maths pupils, we’ve selected some of the very best negative number resources, with everything from lesson presentations, worksheets and fun games. So, number lines at the ready…

Understanding Negative Numbers - Year 6
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Understanding Negative Numbers - Year 6

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Understanding Negative Numbers - Year 6 This Year 6 maths teaching resource includes a PowerPoint and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 6 maths programme of study (Number - number and place value). In Understandi...
KS2: Negative Numbers (Six Lesson Unit of Work + BONUS RESOURCES)
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KS2: Negative Numbers (Six Lesson Unit of Work + BONUS RESOURCES)

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This is a six lesson unit of work for teaching all negative numbers objectives in Year 4, 5 and 6. In this resource pack you will find: Lesson plans (including for your TA), differentiated worksheets/activities/games (LA, MA and HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer ...
Head Start Negative Number Sequences
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Head Start Negative Number Sequences

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Negative Number Sequences This activity is designed to practice: count backwards through 0 including negative numbers Description of Activity: Students roll the 10-sided dice twice (see printable resource link below). The first roll is the starting number, and the second roll is the step count back...
Introduction to Negative Numbers - Lesson and Worksheet
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Introduction to Negative Numbers - Lesson and Worksheet

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This is first lesson looking at Negative numbers. It includes using the four different operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) and lots of different real-life contexts. This lesson is ready to go, with no prep required. It is also great for home learning. 19 slide presentation + lots of res...