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Year 4

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Negative numbers

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  • Geometry and Measure
  • Number
  • Number: Place value
  • Statistics

This unit introduces negative numbers in a range of contexts. Pupils will learn to read and write negative numbers, considering their position relative to zero on a number line. They will interpret negative and positive sets of numbers in different contexts including temperature, coordinate grids and graphs. Having explored negative numbers, pupils will later expand their place value understanding to include numbers with up to 8 digits.

  1. Represent a change story using addition and subtraction symbols
  2. Interpret numbers greater than and less than zero in different contexts
  3. Read and write negative numbers
  4. Explain how the value of a number relates to its position from zero
  5. Identify and place negative numbers on a number line
  6. Interpret sets of negative and positive numbers in a range of contexts
  7. Use knowledge of positive and negative numbers to calculate intervals
  8. Explain how negative numbers are used on a coordinate grid
  9. Use knowledge of positive and negative numbers to interpret graphs
  10. Solve problems involving positive and negative numbers in a range of contexts

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