Starter quiz
Match the car colours to their current position- yellow⇔second ✓
- red⇔first ✓
- blue⇔third ✓
- Which of the following would result in a positive change?
- Jun put seven marbles in a bag and Sofia took five marbles out. ✓
- Jun put five marbles in a bag and Sofia took seven marbles out.
- Jun put no marbles in a bag and Sofia took four marbles out.
- Jun put four marbles in a bag and Sofia took no marbles out. ✓
- Jun put no marbles in a bag and Sofia took no marbles out.
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- Which of the following would result in a negative overall change?
- Jun put five marbles in a bag and Sofia took ten marbles out. ✓
- Jun put ten marbles in a bag and Sofia took five marbles out.
- Jun put one marble in a bag and Sofia took two marbles out. ✓
- Jun put one marble in a bag and Sofia took no marbles out.
- Jun put no marbles in a bag and Sofia took one marble out. ✓
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- Three people got on a bus. At the next stop, seven people got off the bus. Which of these equations correctly describes this scenario?
- 7 − 3 = −4
- 3 − 7 = −4 ✓
- 7 − 3 = 4
- 7 − 4 = 3
- 3 + 7 = 10
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- 17 is the whole. 4 is one part. What is the other part?
- '13' ✓
- Match the word with the correct definition.
- above⇔at a higher level ✓
- below⇔at a lower level ✓
- zero⇔shows that there is no amount ✓
- greater than⇔one quantity is worth more than another ✓
- less than⇔one quantity is not worth as much as another ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the keyword with the definition.
- temperature⇔how hot or cold something is ✓
- positive⇔numbers greater than zero ✓
- negative⇔numbers less than zero ✓
Match the location to the temperature description.- Birmingham⇔above zero ✓
- Swansea⇔at zero ✓
- Edinburgh⇔below zero ✓
Select all of the options which describe the temperature in Edinburgh.- Positive
- Above zero
- Negative ✓
- Below zero ✓
- Less than zero ✓
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Match the letters to their description.- a⇔positive ✓
- b⇔zero ✓
- c⇔negative ✓
Match the letters to their description.- a⇔greater than zero ✓
- b⇔zero ✓
- c⇔less than zero ✓
- Order these floors of a building from highest to lowest.
- 1⇔fifth floor
- 2⇔first floor
- 3⇔ground floor
- 4⇔first basement
- 5⇔second basement
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Negative numbers are below zero and are less than zero
- Positive numbers are above zero and are greater than zero
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to recognise that numbers exist to the left of zero.
Expose pupils to images in familiar contexts showing negative numbers. Take lots of opportunities to count bridging zero.
Keywords
Temperature - Temperature is how hot or cold something is and generally in the UK is measured using the Celsius scale.
Positive - Numbers greater than zero.
Negative - Numbers less than zero.
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