Lesson: Integers Mathematics • 6th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to read and write integers including describing quantities having opposite directions or values.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

count backward from zero,
use signs to express positive and negative integers,
understand negative numbers as the opposites of positive numbers,
use integers to express real-world situations.

Lesson Video

Lesson Explainer

Lesson Playlist

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Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Complete the following sentence using “positive” or “negative”. Distances below sea level are represented by numbers, and distances above sea level are represented by numbers.

Q2:

The weather forecast predicted rainfall in April to be 2 inches less than normal. Express, as an integer, the amount of rainfall that was below normal in April.

Q3:

A certain stock lost 6 points in one day and gained 9 points the next day. Write integers to represent the stock’s losses and gains for the two days.