These only cover adding and subtracting negative number, i.e. they can be used before going onto multiplying and dividing negative number.
They can be printed (here is the pdf), cut out and then stuck on A3 paper under the three headings with examples and counter-examples to explain why they have been put under that heading.
I should point out that two statements on here are deliberately vague, i.e. “two negatives make a positive” and “a positive and negative make a negative”. This is often how students remember them and this can lead to problems down the line (e.g. the misconception that -3-2=5). My idea with these is that the end up in the “Sometimes” column but ultimately we dismiss them as not being very useful.
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