N1a – Ordering positive and negative integers

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Prerequisites
  • A knowledge of place value would be helpful.

A starting point: Place value

With thanks to Steve, whose Place Value Review worksheet is available here. Material modified and embedded here under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Ordering positive and negative integers

Teacher resources

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  • Slides in PPTX (with click-to-reveal answers)
  • Slides in PDF (one slide per page, suitable for importing into IWB software)
Links to past exam and UKMT questions

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Unlimited practice questions: Highest and lowest numbers
Unlimited practice questions: Place value

This activity goes a step further than the lesson by introducing place value columns after the decimal point.

With thanks to Steve, whose Place Value Review worksheet is available here. Material modified and embedded here under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Cross-curricular link: climate change


This is based on data from https://www.globalwarmingindex.org

  • Look at the temperature change. What is the value of the eighth digit after the decimal point?

In the real world

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