Digging Deeper

Students describe and use strategies for identifying and plotting negative rational numbers on the number line.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 6th Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today's Goals • Identify and plot positive and negative numbers on the number line. • Recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself (e.g., `-\left(-3\right)=3`). • Describe numbers that are the same distance from `0` but on opposite sides of the number line using the symbol (`-`) and the word opposite. (Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening)