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WALT:
Negative Numbers
Add and Subtract negative numbers.

WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:

What did the temperature
go up by between 6am and
1pm?
Order these numbers from
smallest to largest:
-1.4, -2.4, -1.35, -2.45
Write two numbers that add to
12.
One of the numbers must be
positive.
The other must be negative.

Calculate: What is:

-8 + -3 =
12 – 15 7 - -12 =
-5 - -11 =
-8 + 11
Keywords

Minus Negative Number Line

Starter:
Place a ‘< less than’ or ‘> greater than between the following numbers:
1
<
4 ? 8 2
>
2 ? -3
‘Less Than’
3 -6 <? -4 4 0 <? 3
‘Greater Than’
5 -3 <
? 0 6 -0.1 >
? -0.3

Order the following numbers from smallest to largest:

7 2 -1 0 -3 -4 Number Line to help:
-4 -3 -1 0 2

8 -4 -5 -6 3 -1 John is 1.5m below the water in a

-6 -5 -4 -1 3
9 -1.3 0 -1.22 -1.21 -1.31
-1.31 -1.3 -1.22 -1.21 0
swimming Pool. Lucy is standing on
a driving board 5m above the
water. How far apart are John and
Lucy?
6.5m
 Adding and Subtracting in the negative range:
eg1 6–9= -3
-3

-9

-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

eg2 -11 + 4 = -7
-7
+4

-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

eg3 -3 + 8 - 4 11
-4
+8

-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Activity 1:
Work out the answers to the following questions
a 2–5 b -8 + 6 c -3 + 9 d -1 – 3
-3 -2 6 -4
e -14 + 7 f 5 – 18 g -6 – 12 h -21 + 13
-7 -13 -18 -8
i -3 + 4 – 7 j 10 – 16 - 8
-6 -14

Write down the names of the two places that

have the biggest difference in temperature.
Edinburgh and Plymouth

Work out the difference in temperature

between these two places.
12oC

Two pairs of places have a difference in 2oC.

Write the names of these places.
London and Plymouth.......Belfast and Cardiff
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Negative Numbers
Definitions:
‘Adding a negative’ means ‘take away’

3
-+ -2 = 3-2 = 1

-5
-+ -4 = -5 - 4 = -9

‘Subtracting a negative’ means ‘add’

7
+- -3 = 7+3 = 10

-2
+- -6 = -2 + 6 = 4
Examples:
eg3 Calculate: -14 + -12

-
-14 + -12 = -14
-14 + -12 = -14 -- 12
12 == -26
-26
-26 -12 -14

eg4 Calculate: -23 - -19

+
-23
-23 –– -19
-19 == -23
-23 ++ 19
19 == -4
-4
-23 +19 -4

‘Adding a negative’ means ‘take away’

‘Subtracting a negative’ means ‘add’

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Negative Numbers
Exercise 2:
Calculate the following:
1 8 + -2 6 2 11 - -5 16 3 -4 - -8 4
4 -8 + -7 -15 5 -16 + -12 -28 6 -11 - -9 -2
7 -15 - -15 0 8 23 + -12 11 9 -17 - -23 6
10 -4 + -5 - -7 -2 11 2 - -9 + -12 -1

Find the missing numbers in these calculations:

12 7 + - = -3 10 13 - – -5 = 2 3 14 -8 –  = 6 -14

-7 0 -8
In a magic square, the numbers in any row,
column or diagonal add up to give the same -6 -5 -4
answer. Copy and complete
-2 -10 -3
23/10/23
WALT:
Negative Numbers
Add and Subtract negative numbers.

WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:

What did the temperature
go up by between 6am and
1pm?
Order these numbers from
smallest to largest:
-1.4, -2.4, -1.35, -2.45
Write two numbers that add to
12.
One of the numbers must be
positive.
The other must be negative.

Calculate: What is:

-8 + -3 =
12 – 15 7 - -12 =
-5 - -11 =
-8 + 11
Keywords

Minus Negative Number Line