Mathematics Developmental Continuum P-10

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Negative Numbers - Progression Points

Dimension

Level

Progression Point

Number

3.5
  • Ordering of integers (for example, positive and negative temperatures), positive fractions and decimals

4.0 Standard

... Students model integers (positive and negative whole numbers and zero), common fractions and decimals.

They place integers, decimals and common fractions on a number line.

4.5
  • Use of calculations involving operations with mixed numbers

4.75
  • Addition, multiplication and division of integers
  • Representation of subtraction of integers through the use of a physical model, and of integer subtraction as an equivalent integer addition, and as the difference between integers

5.0 Standard

... Students use efficient mental and/or written methods for arithmetic computation involving rational numbers, including division of integers by two-digit divisors.