Mathematics GCSE
Number line and ordering
What Number line and ordering means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Number line and ordering
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Reference: AQA
Placing numbers on a number line from least to greatest, with negative numbers to the left of zero and positive numbers to the right.
Topics that use Number line and ordering
- Structure and calculation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Calculating with powers of 10
- Checking answers by substitution
- Checking for repeats and omissions
- Coefficient
- Conjugate
- Converting between ordinary and standard form
- Counting outcomes in context
- denominator
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