Number Lines From Zero

Worksheet Description

This worksheet provides an activity for students to graph integers and their opposites on a number line. It features five problems, each with a positive or negative integer given. Students are tasked with plotting the given integer and its opposite on the provided number line, which ranges from -9 to +9. This visual exercise helps students to understand the spatial relationship between numbers and their opposites.

The worksheet teaches students the concept of opposites in the context of integers on a number line. It illustrates that for every positive integer, there is a negative integer of the same magnitude on the opposite side of zero. By plotting the numbers themselves, students engage with the number line in a tangible way, reinforcing the idea that the opposite of a number is the same distance from zero but in the opposite direction. This activity strengthens students’ number sense and their understanding of symmetry in mathematics.