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CCSS 6.NS.C.5 Worksheets

Grade 6 ยท The Number System

Use positive and negative numbers to describe quantities with opposite directions, like temperature or elevation.

Below are free printable worksheets that support 6.NS.C.5. Print them as PDFs, or generate a fresh one. Every math answer key is computed in code, so it is never wrong.

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Deliver a whole lesson on 6.NS.C.5 from a textbook-grade teaching unit, with a hook, worked examples, diagrams, misconceptions, and an exit ticket.

Teaching guide

What students learn

Use positive and negative numbers to describe quantities with opposite directions, like temperature or elevation.

How to teach it

Use a horizontal or vertical number line through zero (temperature, sea level) to order negatives and model moving up and down.

Worked example
(-10) + 8 =
Answer: -2

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Thinking -8 is greater than -3 because 8 > 3, and losing track of direction when crossing zero.

Visual model

-10-505106ยฐ below zero8ยฐ above zero
Opposite-direction quantities, like temperature above and below zero, plot as positive and negative on the same line.

Sets A-F are the same worksheet with different questions - print any (or all) for fresh practice.

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