Maths Quiz - Negative Numbers (Year 5) (Answers)
In Year 5, the third year of KS2 Maths, you'll explore special numbers called negatives. Imagine counting backwards on a number line! With these minus numbers, like -10, you can fill in gaps and solve tricky problems. It's like a cool maths adventure!
Negative numbers have a special sign (it's a minus!). They're used for things like measuring temperature and showing when something is lost, like owing money. On number lines, they go the other way - like a secret code: -5, -6, -7, -8... How cool is that?
Test your brain with a fun quiz about negative numbers! Let's see how much you know about this magical KS2 Maths world.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are negative numbers?
Negative numbers are the opposite of positive numbers therefore -1 is larger than all the other negative numbers
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Remember, the higher the negative number the lower its value
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Negative numbers go down in the same sequence that positive numbers go up in
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The symbol < means less than. The smaller part of the symbol is next to the smallest number
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The symbol > means greater than. The larger part of the symbol is next to the largest number
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This sequence is going down by 1 each time
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-5 - 2= -7
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-8 + 3 = -5
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One way to work this out is to split the 8 into 4 and 4 like this:
4 - 4 = 0 0 - 4 - = -4 |
-3 + 12 is the same as 12 - 3
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