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6th grade · Math · Unit 9 of 17

Integers & Decimals

Negatives, thousandths and rounding

What your child practices

Meeting negative numbers on a number line, comparing and ordering integers, decimals and fractions, working with thousandths, and rounding decimals.

California Content Standards learning standard: 6.NS.5; 6.NS.6; 6.NS.7 · positive and negative numbers on the number line, ordering and absolute value

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Integers are whole numbers and their opposites: …, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, ….
  2. On a number line, numbers to the right are greater.
  3. To compare decimals, line up the places and compare from the left.

Example: Which is greater, −3 or −7? On a number line, −3 is to the right of −7. Numbers further right are greater. Answer: −3

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Tap the decimals from least to greatest.

    • 0.029
    • 0.172
    • 0.323
    • 0.935

  2. Question 2

    Which integer belongs at the ? on the number line?

    -10-8-6-4-20246810?
    • 5
    • 0
    • −7

  3. Question 3

    Round 6.392 to the nearest whole number.

    • 7
    • 5
    • 6

  4. Question 4

    Which is the greatest?

    • 5/8
    • 3/5
    • 0.65

  5. Question 5

    The temperature is 5 degrees below zero. Which integer shows this?

    • 6
    • 5
    • −5

  6. Question 6

    In 3.864, which place is the digit 8 in?

    • thousandths
    • tenths
    • hundredths

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