Year 8 · Mathematics and statistics · Number
Negative numbers and order of operations
Comparing negative decimals, integer calculations with order of operations, rounding to thousandths, benchmark estimates and dividing by two-digit numbers.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Negative numbers and order of operations — Place negative decimals on a 3D number line, calculate with integers using the order of operations, round to thousandths and estimate with benchmarks.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 3 (Years 7–8), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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