Counting Through Zero
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Counting Through Zero
Counting through zero worksheet: write the missing numbers on three number lines that run from negative to positive numbers, then count back through zero on three more. With an answer key.
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Counting Through ZeroA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Skill
- Integers Worksheets
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- About 10 minutes
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Place positive and negative numbers on a number line, compare them and find absolute value, then add, subtract, multiply and divide integers, using the number line and the sign rules.
Reviewed by Mrs. Catherine Reynolds, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Keep a number line from −20 to 20 beside the sheet for every problem the child is unsure of.
- Have the child say the problem as a story, such as the temperature or money owed.
- For multiplying and dividing, have the child decide the sign first, then work out the number.
Common mistakes
- Thinking −8 is greater than −3 because 8 is greater than 3. On the number line, −8 is further left, so it is less.
- Using the multiplying sign rule for adding, so −3 + −5 becomes 8. Two negatives added make a bigger negative: −8.
- Dropping the sign when subtracting a negative, so 4 − (−2) becomes 2. Subtracting a negative is adding: 6.
