Year 7

Positive and negative numbers

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    In this lesson, we will interpret negative numbers in a variety of contexts and explore movement on an 'extended' number line.
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    In this lesson, we will learn to interpret the absolute value of a number and understand how to order negative numbers using inequality notation.
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    In this lesson, we will be able to model addition of a positive number as a translation on the number line and use this model to develop strategies for addition.
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    In this lesson, we will learn how to model addition of a negative number as a translation on the number line and explore what happens when two additive inverses are added together.
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    In this lesson, we will explore the relationship between subtracting positive numbers and adding additive inverses.
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    In this lesson, we will explore subtracting negative numbers as the addition of the additive inverse.
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    In this lesson, we will explore multiplication involving at least one positive number and learn how it is possible to visualise multiplication as a stretch by a scale factor.
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    In this lesson, we will learn about negative scale factors and explore the commutativity of multiplication.
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    In this lesson, we will investigate how to find the product of two negative numbers.
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    In this lesson, we will explore a model for division involving counting backwards and analysing a number line.
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    In this lesson, we will derive further division facts using 'fact families'.
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    In this lesson, we will practise negative number calculations, linking them to axioms like commutativity and associativity.
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