What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can add and subtract positive and negative numbers
- I can subtract a negative number, knowing it is the same as adding
- I can multiply and divide a negative number by a positive number
- I can multiply and divide two negative numbers, knowing the answer is positive
Practise this topic
3 resourcesDirected Number Calculations
Multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting negative numbers, through to full BODMAS. Six difficulty levels, timed, click to reveal.
🎯 GameCountdown
Pick six numbers from the large and small ones, reveal the target and beat the clock: combine them with + − × ÷ to get as close as you can. Scores each round, and shows a way to hit the target (or the closest possible). Show your…
⬢ BlockbustersDirected Number Calculations Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Directed Number Calculations worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with…
These are the pages for Using Negative Numbers in the Year 7 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 1. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.