Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Negative Signs in Fractions
Practice rewriting fractions with positive and negative denominators. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Comparing Temperatures
This task has students do computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.b.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns It's Warmer in Miami
This task has students do simple computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature differences. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Mile High
Sixth graders work with positive and negative numbers in a real-world context in this problem about elevation as it relates to sea level. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 7.ns.1b Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers using a number line.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Negative Number Statements
Practice matching addition and subtraction equations to real-world scenarios. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 7.ns.2a Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of multiplying or dividing negative numbers.
Other
Msjc: Lesson: The Opposite and the Reciprocal Assignment: The Opposite
Explore opposites and reciprocals through positive and negative numbers and fractions.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Addition and Subtraction
Add and subtract positive and negative numbers.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Swimming Pool
We're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water? This activity uses the familiar environment of a swimming pool to introduce...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Low Can You Go?
In this lesson plan, students will identify and locate numberspostive and negative numbers, including decimals and fractions on a number line. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Rational Numbers on the Number Line
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Exponents With Negative Fractional Bases
Practice raising fractions to whole number powers. Fractions in these problems may be positive or negative. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Competing for the Northern Hemisphere Games
In this short Cyberchase video, students learn about positive and negative numbers as Harry tries to score a total of 50 points in various events to qualify for the Northern Hemisphere games in New Orleans. [3:24]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Negative Decimals on the Number Line
Practice placing positive and negative decimal numbers on the number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Adding Integers
Using several examples, this resource demonstrates how positive and negative numbers are added while applying them to real world situations.
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Negative Number Division Cards: Fill in the Blank
Students type the correct positive or negative number to complete the division problems on these interactive flashcards. The problem changes color when the correct number is typed.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 7.ns.1a Worksheets
Create a worksheet to assess students understanding of adding and subtracting with negative and positive numbers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pearl Diver
Play a fast-paced video game that involves finding rational numbers on the number line. This game from Math Snacks focuses on using what you know about positive and negative numbers and fractions to place them correctly on the variable...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Signed Numbers
This resource explains positive and negative numbers. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Partitions How Many Ways Can We Split a Number?
In this activity, students explore multiple representations of positive integers. They also learn how to partition positive integers using the number line.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Rational Numbers on the Number Line
Practice placing positive and negative fractions and decimals on the number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Integers and Real Numbers Quiz
Students are expected to evaluate the sum, difference, product, quotient, and the absolute value of real numbers and integers. Also, they must know the concepts of positive and negative numbers.