Year 5 | Negative Numbers: Summer Block 4: Assessment

Year 5 negative numbers assessment

This Year 5 negative numbers assessment provides an opportunity to evaluate pupils’ understanding of the key concepts taught throughout the White Rose Summer Block 4 unit. The assessment covers interpreting negative numbers in context, counting through zero, comparing and ordering integers, and finding the difference between positive and negative numbers.

Questions have been designed to assess both fluency and reasoning, allowing teachers to identify strengths, address misconceptions and determine whether pupils are ready to move on to subsequent learning. Pupils apply their understanding in a variety of contexts including temperature, sea level, number lines and integer calculations.

The assessment can be used at the end of the block to measure progress, support teacher assessment and highlight areas requiring further consolidation. It provides valuable evidence of pupils’ understanding of negative numbers and their ability to apply mathematical reasoning when working with values above and below zero.

Assessment coverage

• Understand negative numbers in context
• Count through zero in 1s
• Count through zero in multiples
• Compare and order negative numbers
• Find the difference between positive and negative numbers
• Apply understanding using number lines and practical contexts
• Reasoning and problem-solving involving integers

Curriculum links

• Interpret negative numbers in context
• Count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero
• Compare and order integers
• Use number lines to represent and reason about positive and negative numbers
• Solve problems involving differences between positive and negative values

This assessment forms part of our Year 5 negative numbers resources within our KS2 maths scheme. It supports teachers in assessing understanding, identifying misconceptions and monitoring progress across the Year 5 negative numbers unit.