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Ordering Negative Numbers

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Foundational skills
Identify smallest from a set of negative integers
\[ \text{Which is smallest: } -3, -7, -1, -5? \]
Pick out the smallest number from a set of negative integers.
Identify the largest from a set of negative integers
\[ \text{Which is largest: } -8, -2, -6, -4? \]
Pick out the largest number from a set of negative integers.
Identify the smallest from a mixed set
\[ \text{Which is smallest: } 5, -2, 8, -6? \]
Pick out the smallest number from a set containing both positive and negative integers.
Identify the largest from a mixed set
\[ \text{Which is largest: } -4, 3, -1, 7? \]
Pick out the largest number from a set containing both positive and negative integers.
Ordering integers – all negative
Order 4 negative integers – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } -2, -8, -5, -1 \]
Arrange four negative integers in order, starting with the smallest.
Order 4 negative integers – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } -6, -1, -9, -4 \]
Arrange four negative integers in order, starting with the largest.
Order 5 negative integers – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } -4, -12, -1, -8, -15 \]
Arrange five negative integers in order, starting with the smallest.
Order 5 negative integers – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } -7, -19, -3, -11, -6 \]
Arrange five negative integers in order, starting with the largest.
Ordering integers – mixed
Order 4 integers with zero – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } 0, -5, 3, -2 \]
Arrange four integers including zero in order, starting with the smallest.
Order 4 mixed integers – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } 6, -3, -7, 2 \]
Arrange four integers (positive and negative) in order, starting with the smallest.
Order 4 mixed integers – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } -4, 8, 1, -9 \]
Arrange four integers (positive and negative) in order, starting with the largest.
Order 5 mixed integers – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } -8, 4, -1, 0, 7 \]
Arrange five integers including positives, negatives and zero in order.
Order 5 mixed integers – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } 3, -6, 9, -2, 0 \]
Arrange five integers including positives, negatives and zero starting with largest.
Ordering decimals
Order 4 negative decimals (1dp) – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } -2.3, -2.8, -2.1, -2.5 \]
Arrange four negative decimals in order, starting with the smallest.
Order 4 negative decimals (1dp) – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } -5.4, -5.1, -5.9, -5.6 \]
Arrange four negative decimals in order, starting with the largest.
Order 4 negative decimals with different integer parts
\[ \text{Order: } -3.5, -7.2, -1.8, -4.6 \]
Arrange four negative decimals with different integer parts in order.
Order 4 mixed decimals (1dp) – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } 1.5, -0.8, -2.3, 0.4 \]
Arrange four decimals including positive and negative values in order.
Order 4 mixed decimals (1dp) – largest to smallest
\[ \text{Order: } -1.2, 3.7, -4.5, 2.1 \]
Arrange four decimals including positive and negative values starting with largest.
Order 5 mixed decimals with zero – smallest to largest
\[ \text{Order: } -3.2, 0, 2.7, -0.5, 1.4 \]
Arrange five decimals including zero in order from smallest to largest.
Order 4 negative decimals (2dp same tenths)
\[ \text{Order: } -4.35, -4.32, -4.38, -4.31 \]
Arrange four negative decimals with two decimal places in order.
Order 4 negative decimals (2dp different tenths)
\[ \text{Order: } -2.47, -2.15, -2.83, -2.61 \]
Arrange four negative decimals with varying tenths in order starting with largest.
Order negative decimals with different decimal places
\[ \text{Order: } -3.7, -3.25, -3.8, -3.45 \]
Arrange negative decimals that have different numbers of decimal places in order.
Order negative and positive decimals with different decimal places
\[ \text{Order: } -2.5, -2.05, 1.4, -2 \]
Arrange a mix of integers, 1dp, and 2dp decimals (positive and negative) in order.
Special cases
Insert a negative integer into an ordered list
\[ \text{Where does -5 go? } -9, -7, -3, -1 \]
Find where a given negative integer fits in an already-ordered list.
Insert a negative decimal into an ordered list
\[ \text{Where does -2.6 go? } -2.9, -2.7, -2.4 \]
Find where a given negative decimal fits in an already-ordered list.
Find the 2nd smallest from a set
\[ \text{Find 2nd smallest: } -3, -11, -7, -1, -5 \]
Identify the second smallest number from a set of negative integers.
Find the 2nd largest from a set
\[ \text{Find 2nd largest: } -8, -2, -14, -5, -1 \]
Identify the second largest number from a set of negative integers.
Find the 2nd smallest from a mixed set
\[ \text{Find 2nd smallest: } 4, -6, -2, 7, -9 \]
Identify the second smallest number from a set with positive and negative integers.
Find the 2nd largest from a mixed set
\[ \text{Find 2nd largest: } -4, 8, -1, 3, 6 \]
Identify the second largest number from a set with positive and negative integers.
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