Negative Numbers
Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
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“Can your child count backwards past zero into negative numbers — like 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2, −3 — without hesitating at zero?”
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- Activity. Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
What to notice. Count backwards from 5 through zero: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2 … • Place negative numbers on a number line • Understand that negative numbers are less than zero and use them in context (e.g. temperature)
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Can your child count backwards past zero into negative numbers — like 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2, −3 — without hesitating at zero?
Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
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- Count backwards from 5 through zero: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2 …
- Place negative numbers on a number line
- Understand that negative numbers are less than zero and use them in context (e.g. temperature)
“Can your child count backwards past zero into negative numbers — like 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2, −3 — without hesitating at zero?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Number Representation & Place Value
- Age range
- Ages 8–9
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