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Mathematics | Grade : 6

Domain - The Number System

Cluster - Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

[6.NS.C.7.c] - Understand 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. For example, for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars.

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  • Absolute value
    The absolute value of a real number is its (non-negative) distance from 0 on a number line.
  • Rational number
    A number expressible in the form a∕b or – a∕b for some fraction a∕b. The rational numbers include the integers.

Predecessor Standards:

No Predecessor Standards found.

Successor Standards:

  • 7.NS.A.1.b
    Understand p + q as the number located a distance |q| from p, in the positive or negative direction depending on whether q is positive or negative. Show that a number and its opposite have a sum of 0 (are additive inverses). Interpret sums of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.
  • 7.NS.A.1.c
    Understand subtraction of rational numbers as adding the additive inverse, p – q = p + (–q). Show that the distance between two rational numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference, and apply this principle in real-world contexts.

Same Level Standards:

  • 6.NS.C.6.a
    Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., –(–3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite.