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Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
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Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity
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"I used this with a class of advanced 6th graders, and it was a great resource! They kids were engaged while using it, and it helped to reinforce what they learned in the lesson."
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Danielle O.

Description

Do your students understand how to add integers…until you teach them to subtract integers, and then they get all mixed up? This activity will help students make the connection between adding and subtracting integers and the number line.

If you have taught students about adding and subtracting integers on a number line, this card matching activity is the perfect follow-up! Students work to connect an equivalent addition problem, subtraction problem, answer number line, and verbal description (such as starts at 4, values decreases by 3). As students match these representations, it really helps them to see the connection between integer operations and be more successful with both adding and subtracting integers.

I like to copy these and have small groups of students work together to complete the matching activity. You could also use them as stations by putting the number lines up around your room along with copies of all of the other cards at each station and have students rotate.  You could even make a relay out of it and have teams of students see which team can match them all first. After students finish the matching activity, you could also have them try to write a story problem to match one of the number lines.

Here’s what you will get with this resource: ✍6 sets of cards (each set has an equivalent number line, addition and subtraction integer problem, answer and verbal description) ✍Answer recording sheet for students ✍Exit ticket ✍Answer key ✍Printable and digital versions are provided

You are going to be so glad you took the time for this activity. Your students will be fully engaged in their learning, and it really helps cement the connection between a subtraction and addition problem. Plus the recording sheet could make a great addition to your students’ notebooks.

Teachers like you said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Kristen B said “This activity is AMAZING! I cannot say enough about this activity. One of my students said to me, "I really enjoyed this activity, it helped me to see the connections SO MUCH BETTER!".

Please make so many more of these with varying topics!!!!!!!!” Related Products

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Note: If you are interested in this product, but don't feel comfortable allowing TPT access to add it to your Google Drive, you can purchase the product and then email me. I can email you a pdf of the product with links to the Google Drive files. Please allow 24 hours after you email me to get the pdf.

© Wilcox’s Way. All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

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Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line Card Matching Activity

Wilcox's Way
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7th - 8th
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45 minutes

What others say

"I used this with a class of advanced 6th graders, and it was a great resource! They kids were engaged while using it, and it helped to reinforce what they learned in the lesson."
star
Danielle O.

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Description

Do your students understand how to add integers…until you teach them to subtract integers, and then they get all mixed up? This activity will help students make the connection between adding and subtracting integers and the number line.

If you have taught students about adding and subtracting integers on a number line, this card matching activity is the perfect follow-up! Students work to connect an equivalent addition problem, subtraction problem, answer number line, and verbal description (such as starts at 4, values decreases by 3). As students match these representations, it really helps them to see the connection between integer operations and be more successful with both adding and subtracting integers.

I like to copy these and have small groups of students work together to complete the matching activity. You could also use them as stations by putting the number lines up around your room along with copies of all of the other cards at each station and have students rotate.  You could even make a relay out of it and have teams of students see which team can match them all first. After students finish the matching activity, you could also have them try to write a story problem to match one of the number lines.

Here’s what you will get with this resource: ✍6 sets of cards (each set has an equivalent number line, addition and subtraction integer problem, answer and verbal description) ✍Answer recording sheet for students ✍Exit ticket ✍Answer key ✍Printable and digital versions are provided

You are going to be so glad you took the time for this activity. Your students will be fully engaged in their learning, and it really helps cement the connection between a subtraction and addition problem. Plus the recording sheet could make a great addition to your students’ notebooks.

Teachers like you said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Kristen B said “This activity is AMAZING! I cannot say enough about this activity. One of my students said to me, "I really enjoyed this activity, it helped me to see the connections SO MUCH BETTER!".

Please make so many more of these with varying topics!!!!!!!!” Related Products

❤️ Add Subtract Integers Google Form Mystery Practice Activity

❤️ Digital Math Adding Integers Google Forms Quiz Distance Learning

❤️ Integer Operations Introduction and Review Game

❤️ Integer Operations Mission to Mars Game

❤️ Integer Operations and Real Life Situations Digital Activity Distance Learning

Note: If you are interested in this product, but don't feel comfortable allowing TPT access to add it to your Google Drive, you can purchase the product and then email me. I can email you a pdf of the product with links to the Google Drive files. Please allow 24 hours after you email me to get the pdf.

© Wilcox’s Way. All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

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I used this with a class of advanced 6th graders, and it was a great resource! They kids were engaged while using it, and it helped to reinforce what they learned in the lesson.
Danielle O'Haren
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424 reviews • Pennsylvania
Grades taught: 6th, 7th
Rated 5 out of 5
May 13, 2025
Number line practice is hard to find. Thank you for this resource!
Molly B.
90 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Rated 5 out of 5
August 2, 2022
I like the way this encourages the visual aspect of manipulating integers rather than just learning rules.
Rebecca Flora
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294 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Rated 5 out of 5
February 5, 2022
An engaging activity for my students.
Stacey W.
246 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
Rated 5 out of 5
October 5, 2020
This activity is AMAZING! I cannot say enough about this activity. One of my students said to me, "I really enjoyed this activity, it helped me to see the connections SO MUCH BETTER!". Please make so many more of these with varying topics!!!!!!!!
Kristen B.
193 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
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Oct 5, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5
November 19, 2019
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Kyesha James
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32 reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
August 7, 2019
Great for early finishers or small group instruction. Thanks
Suzanne S.
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Rated 4.83 out of 5
August 6, 2019
Thanks so much! Looking forward to adding this to my math lessons
Rebecca M.
255 reviews

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Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.
Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply proportional reasoning to plan a school event or analyze a problem in the community. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
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