Number 13 · Year 8
Multiplying and Dividing Negative Numbers
Multiplying and dividing with negative numbers has two parts: the size and the sign. Work out the size with your times tables.
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Without Panic Maths · Number 48
Significant Figures and Decimal Places
Decimal places count from the decimal point. Significant figures count from the first non-zero digit. Both use the same rule: the next digit decides.
- Mini-lessons
- 11
- Questions
- 142
- Student Pack
- 99 pages
- Suggested year
- Year 9
What you get
- Student Pack (PDF, 99 pages)
- Teacher Pack (PDF) with every answer and reteach cards
- Print as many copies as you need for your own pupils
Save with a bundle
- Rounding & Accuracy4 packs ·
£14£12 - Number, Year 913 packs ·
£42£37 - Number: complete strand54 packs ·
£182£161
What this pack does
What pupils learn
Decimal places count from the decimal point. Significant figures count from the first non-zero digit. Both use the same rule: the next digit decides. Truncating is different: it just cuts off the digits and never rounds up.
The mini-lessons
- What decimal places mean
- Rounding to two decimal places
- Rounding to three decimal places
- Keeping zeros in decimal-place answers
- Truncating Is Not Rounding
- What significant figures mean
- Which zeros are significant?
- Rounding whole numbers to significant figures
- Rounding decimals greater than 1 to significant figures
- Rounding very small decimals to significant figures
- Decimal places or significant figures?
Inside every pack
What each part of the page is for
Confidence check
Pupils tick how a topic feels before they start, and again at the end. There are no marks, so it's an honest picture of where they are.
Short mini-lessons
Each topic is split into small steps. Every mini-lesson opens with one big idea and a short, plain-English explanation.
Visuals for every idea
Diagrams such as a formula 'rule machine' or a place-value picture show the maths, so pupils can see it as well as read it.
Worked examples
Every method is modelled step by step before pupils try it, with each stage labelled so they can follow it on their own.
Scaffolded practice
Questions start with prompts (what do you need to find, follow the example, check it makes sense) and gradually ask for more independence.
Spot the trap
Common mistakes are named before pupils make them, and Mistake Detective questions ask them to find and fix errors.
Pause and think
Short 'explain it in your own words' prompts check that pupils understand why the maths works, not just how.
Teacher Pack with answers
Every pack comes with a Teacher Pack: all the answers, plus reteach cards saying what to watch for, what to say, and what to try if a pupil is still stuck.
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