Directed counters offer a concrete way for students to understand and manipulate the abstract concept of negative numbers, making it easier for them to grasp the principles of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving positive and negative values. This worksheet introduces directed counters and zero pairs to learners as they use the counters to represent positive and negative numbers in different ways.
The different sections will see your pupils: identifying and forming zero pairs, representing and identifying numbers, solving magic squares and beginning to consider the addition and subtraction of negative numbers.
See are selection of follow up worksheets where directed counters are utilised for addition and subtraction.
