MathsYears 7–8Number

Negative numbers

Order, add, subtract, multiply and divide with negative numbers in context

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a thermometer on a cold winter morning. Brrr! 🥶

  2. 2

    If the temperature is 3 degrees below zero, what number do we write?

  3. 3

    Drag the thermometer to show -5°C — five degrees below freezing! 🥶

  4. 4

    Let's find -3 on a number line together. 📏

  5. 5

    Hop to -7 on the number line — moving left from 0. 🐸

  6. 6

    Which is COLDER: -8°C or -3°C?

  7. 7

    What number is 4 steps to the left of 0 on a number line?

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