Negative numbers in context
Interpret negative numbers in context (temperature, sea level, bank balance); count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero
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If the temperature drops to −5°C overnight and rises to 3°C by day, can your child place both on a number line and say how many degrees warmer the daytime temperature is?
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Curriculum alignment
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Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
interpret, compare and order numbers with more than 2 decimal places, including numbers greater than one, using place value understanding; represent these on a number line
recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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