The Power of Place: Large Numbers and Decimals · Number and Algebra

Positive and Negative Integers

An introduction to numbers below zero through context such as temperature and debt.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a number be less than nothing?
  2. 2How does the number line help us visualize the distance between a positive and negative integer?
  3. 3Why do we use the term opposite to describe positive and negative versions of the same numeral?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M5N03
Year: Year 5
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: The Power of Place: Large Numbers and Decimals
Period: Number and Algebra

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