Grade 6 Math: Integers: Standard Practice

# Medium Level Guide Grade-level practice aligned to typical classroom expectations and unit assessments. # Positive and Negative Numbers Integers include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero. They model situations like temperature above and below zero, elevation, and debt. On a number line, numbers increase to the right and decrease to the left. # Absolute Value Absolute value is the distance from zero on a number line, always written as a positive number. |−7| = 7 and |7| = 7. Opposites are the same distance from zero on opposite sides, like 5 and −5. # Adding and Subtracting Integers Adding a negative moves left on the number line. Subtracting is the same as adding the opposite: 5 − (−3) = 5 + 3. When signs match, add absolute values and keep the sign. When signs differ, subtract absolute values and keep the sign of the larger. # Multiplying and Dividing Same signs give a positive product or quotient. Different signs give a negative result. Any number times zero is zero. These rules extend to expressions with multiple operations and parentheses.