Integer Elevator POWERPOINT is an interactive and engaging resource designed to help students understand and apply their knowledge of positive and negative integers through real-world simulation. Using the context of an elevator moving through a multi-storey building, students will practise integer operations while reinforcing number line concepts, spatial reasoning, and directional thinking.

This PowerPoint activity presents a fictional building with 10 floors above ground and 10 basement levels. On each slide, students are given a starting floor and a target floor. Their task is to determine how many floors to move—using positive integers for movement up and negative integers for movement down. This real-life application of integers provides a meaningful way for students to visualise the direction and value of numbers above and below zero.

With immediate feedback and visual cues, this resource is ideal for use on interactive whiteboards, in small groups, or as part of a numeracy rotation. It encourages mental maths, estimation and mathematical discussion while reinforcing key integer concepts in an accessible and engaging way.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Recognise and use integers to describe position and movement
• ✅ Perform operations involving positive and negative numbers
• ✅ Apply integer understanding to real-life contexts and number lines
• ✅ Build spatial reasoning and directional awareness through visual models

What’s Included:

• Interactive PowerPoint presentation with multiple elevator-based integer challenges
• Clickable answer reveal or self-check feature on each slide
• Simulated scenarios involving movement up and down from various starting floors

Materials Needed:

• Digital device or interactive whiteboard to display the PowerPoint
• Optional: printed number lines or student notebooks for working out answers

How to Use:

• Introduce or revise the concept of integers, highlighting real-world examples like elevators, temperature and bank balances.
• Open the PowerPoint and project each slide one at a time.
• Ask students to calculate the number of floors to move between the starting and target positions.
• Encourage discussion about whether the movement is up (positive) or down (negative).
• Click to reveal the correct answer and review students’ reasoning as a class.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during a maths unit on integers to support visual learners and real-life application
• 💡 Pair students to solve each problem collaboratively and explain their reasoning
• 💡 Incorporate into maths rotations as a digital station or early finisher task
• 💡 Use as a warm-up or daily number challenge to build fluency with positive and negative numbers

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Provide a number line visual for students to reference during the activity
• 💛 Use arrows or colour coding to highlight direction (positive vs negative movement)
• 💛 Connect the activity to real-life concepts like profit/loss, elevation or temperature for deeper understanding

Integer Elevator POWERPOINT is a practical and engaging way to reinforce integer concepts in your classroom—supporting deeper understanding through relatable, movement-based scenarios.