TheLearnDenYear 6 · Maths
Use Negative Numbers
Year 6 learners practise ordering and using negative numbers.
The activities include Arrange Integers in Ascending Order, Arrange Integers in Descending Order, Practise Working with Negative Numbers, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, video, worksheet, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Arrange Integers in Ascending Order
- Arrange Integers in Descending Order
- Practise Working with Negative Numbers
- Solve Problems Using Negative Numbers
- Understand How To Work with Negative Numbers
- Use Knowledge of Negative Numbers to Solve Problems
Checked learning resources
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Negative numbers
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Free KS2 negative-numbers unit whose prior knowledge and lesson sequence explicitly include comparing and ordering positive and negative integers, using number lines and values around zero.
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Interpret sets of negative and positive numbers in a range of contexts
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Free KS2 lesson with quiz questions asking pupils to identify numbers arranged in ascending order and work with negative and positive values on number lines.
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Ordering Positive and Negative Numbers Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Worksheet for ordering positive and negative numbers from smallest to largest, supporting ascending and descending order of integers with answers.
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Negative Numbers Practice Questions
Corbettmaths Primary · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Primary practice worksheet on negative numbers using number lines, missing values, temperatures and comparison questions.
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Interpret sets of negative and positive numbers in a range of contexts worksheet and quiz downloads
Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website
Free worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz downloads for the Oak lesson Interpret sets of negative and positive numbers in a range of contexts.
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Practise Working with Negative Numbers video
Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 6 Maths video matched to practise working with negative numbers.
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Place value
BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 6 Maths resource matched to ordering and using negative numbers.
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Year 6: Use Negative Numbers in Context, and Calculate Intervals across Zero
YouTube — Sam Stirling · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 6: Use Negative Numbers in Context, and Calculate Intervals across Zero