6.NS.C.7: Order and absolute value

Also written as 6.NS.7

Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.

In plain words: Students compare and order positive and negative numbers on a number line, and read absolute value as a number's distance from 0.

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Teach it with: Could Everest hide in the sea?6th grade · Negative numbers · 2 min
Common mistake: Ordering negatives by their digits: saying −9 > −4 because 9 > 4.
Builds on: 6.NS.C.5Positive and negative numbers 6.NS.C.6Rational numbers on number lines
Leads to: 6.NS.C.8Four-quadrant coordinate plane 7.NS.A.1Adding and subtracting rational numbers

6.NS.C.7.aNumber line inequalitiesInterpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram.6.NS.C.7.bOrder in contextWrite, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts. 6.NS.C.7.cAbsolute value as distanceUnderstand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation.6.NS.C.7.dAbsolute value vs. orderDistinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order.

Khan Academy Resources

Number line inequalities 6.NS.C.7.a

Ordering negative numbers Ordering rational numbers Compare rational numbers using a number line Ordering small negative numbers Compare rational numbers Ordering negative numbers Ordering rational numbers Compare rational numbers using a number line Negative numbers, variables, number line Testing solutions to absolute value inequalities

Order in context 6.NS.C.7.b

Writing numerical inequalities Numerical inequality word problems

Absolute value as distance 6.NS.C.7.c

Intro to absolute value Absolute value review Finding absolute values Compare and order absolute values Comparing absolute values challenge Meaning of absolute value Interpreting absolute value Absolute value examples Comparing absolute values Meaning of absolute value Interpreting absolute value Comparing absolute values on the number line Placing absolute values on the number line

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