Working with Negative Numbers
Working with Negative Numbers is a chapter within Negative Numbers: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
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Chapter
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math/number-sense/integers/negative-numbers/working-with-negative-numbers
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4 topics · 120 concepts · 600 micro-concepts
Topics
Every topic below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Working with Negative Numbers Essentials
Working with Negative Numbers Essentials is a teachable topic within Working with Negative Numbers, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Negative Numbers Techniques
Working with Negative Numbers Techniques is a teachable topic within Working with Negative Numbers, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Negative Numbers Word Problems
Working with Negative Numbers Word Problems is a teachable topic within Working with Negative Numbers, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Negative Numbers Common Errors
Working with Negative Numbers Common Errors is a teachable topic within Working with Negative Numbers, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Explain working with negative numbers
UnderstandExplain working with negative numbers accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain working with negative numbers independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind working with negative numbers using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate working with negative numbers
ApplyCalculate working with negative numbers accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate working with negative numbers independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare working with negative numbers
AnalyseCompare working with negative numbers accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare working with negative numbers independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind working with negative numbers using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Justify working with negative numbers
EvaluateJustify working with negative numbers accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Justify working with negative numbers independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
- Introducing Negative NumbersChapter
- Number FormationStrand
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Learners over-generalise a special case of working with negative numbers to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Students treat working with negative numbers as a rule to memorise rather than a relationship to understand.
Correction — Anchor the rule in a visual model first, then abstract it — the model is the explanation.
Curriculum alignment
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OCR-159.1
Mapped statement covering Working with Negative Numbers.
CAM-767.2
Mapped statement covering Working with Negative Numbers.
What comes next
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Negative Numbers in Context
Negative Numbers in Context is a chapter within Negative Numbers: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Integer Number Line
Integer Number Line is a unit of teaching within Integers, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Adding Integers
Adding Integers is a unit of teaching within Integers, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Subtracting Integers
Subtracting Integers is a unit of teaching within Integers, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
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Audience views
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AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonintroducing negative numbers
- 02Video explanationWorking with Negative Numbers modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Working with Negative Numbers resources
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Connected resources
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Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
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Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Working with Negative Numbers in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 0 units, 0 chapters, 4 topics, 20 subtopics, 120 concepts and 600 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Working with Negative Numbers?
- The graph lists Introducing Negative Numbers, Number Formation as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is Working with Negative Numbers taught in?
- Typically Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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