Mathsstandardsfileyear5
KPI:Numberandplacevalue-Interpretsnegativenumbersincontext,countsforwardsand
backwardswithpositiveandnegativewholenumbersthroughincludingthroughzero.
Childrencanworkwithnegative
numbers.
Inthiscontextchildrenwere
findingthedifferencebetween
temperaturesondifferent
thermometers.
Childrencanapplytheir
knowledgeofnegativenumbers
inthecontextofatest
question,findingthedifference
betweentwotemperaturesand
subtractingfromanegative
number.
Commentry:
Thechildcanconfidentlyusenegativenumbers.Theycanfindthedifferencebetweentwonegative
numbersorapositiveandnegativenumber.Thechildcanaddtoandsubtractfromanegative
number.Theycanlabelablanknumberlinewhichpassesthroughzero(notshown).
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