Teaching negative numbers

This is a great way to assess your students' number sense/number line skills, as well as their ability to cooperate in a group. Perfect for middle school!

Our 5th grade son is taking 6th grade math. Suddenly, I'm having to relearn all the stuff I've forgotten about pre-algebra and such. One lesson was on positive and negative numbers. I figured a little off-worksheet practice might be a fun way to drive home the basics. positive number x positive number = positive number positive number x negative number = negative number negative number x negative number = positive number The PLUS MINUS GAME I made is simple. All you need is: my 2-page PDF…

Subtracting positive and negative numbers is complicated. Here are 4 rules to keep in mind.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

Today we were learning how to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. Just the thought of it gives me the shakes ;) So I did a few things to *try* and make it a bit easier for the kids to grasp and thought I would share with you all. We began talking about number lines, as we were going to be using them throughout today. Using a number line as our starting point, I broke the equation down like this for the kids. OK..that is probably confusing to you, as you don't exactly know what…

A number line with negative and positive numbers helps teaching students in elementary school the difference between negative numbers and positive ones.

As a kid, were you confused by negative numbers? It's likely that your child will be just as confused by them as you were. Here's a simple activity that you can do to help your child understand the concept of negative numbers.