In this Grade 6 lesson from enVision Mathematics Chapter 2, students learn to define integers, including positive integers, negative integers, and zero, and identify opposites as numbers equidistant from zero on a number line. Students practice comparing and ordering integers and use positive and negative integers to represent real-world quantities such as temperature, altitude, elevation, and depth. The lesson aligns with Common Core Standards 6.NS.C.5, 6.NS.C.6a, and 6.NS.C.6c.
Section 1
What is an Integer?
Integers are counting numbers, their opposites, and zero.
Section 2
Understanding Opposites
Two numbers are opposites when they are the same distance away from zero, but in opposite directions.
For example, “3” represents the point that is 3 units to the right of 0, and “” is its opposite, three units to the left of 0.
Zero is its own opposite.
Opposites are mirror images of each other across zero. They have the same distance from zero, just in different directions. Taking the opposite of an opposite brings you right back to where you started!
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Section 1
What is an Integer?
Integers are counting numbers, their opposites, and zero.
Section 2
Understanding Opposites
Two numbers are opposites when they are the same distance away from zero, but in opposite directions.
For example, “3” represents the point that is 3 units to the right of 0, and “” is its opposite, three units to the left of 0.
Zero is its own opposite.
Opposites are mirror images of each other across zero. They have the same distance from zero, just in different directions. Taking the opposite of an opposite brings you right back to where you started!
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