Understanding Negative Numbers - Worksheet

The Negative Numbers Worksheet is a mathematics resource designed to help students understand and practice the concept of counting forwards and backwards through zero. The worksheet contains a variety of exercises that require students to use a number line and other methods to solve problems involving negative numbers. For instance, students are asked to find the result of simple calculations such as 5 minus 8 and -4 plus 6, as well as to determine the difference between positive and negative numbers. The worksheet also includes word problems, such as calculating the new bank balance after a purchase, and comparing temperatures in different cities to identify the coldest one and the temperature difference between locations.

Further exercises on the worksheet challenge students to place the correct inequality symbol between pairs of numbers, identify numerical patterns, and complete sequences that involve negative values. For example, students must find two numbers that have a sum of -4 or a difference of 6. They are also tasked with filling in the missing numbers in sequences that decrease by a constant amount, starting from zero and extending into negative numbers. The worksheet encourages students to apply reasoning and problem-solving skills, such as when they are asked to explain why counting backwards in tens from a one-digit number changes the last digit, or to assess a statement about the number of floors in a building project that includes both above-ground and underground levels.