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Flight Simulator: Mirror Commands

Explore opposite numbers and double opposites through space-camp simulator positions, number lines, and mission checks.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.NS.C.6.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify opposite numbers as reflections across zero on a number line.
Students find opposites of integers, fractions, decimals, and zero.
Students explain why taking the opposite twice returns the original number.

How to use

Use after introducing signed positions. Have students trace reflections across zero on each number line, then complete the mission checks independently.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.NS.C.6.a

See a negative number as the mirror of a positive one across 0 on the number line, and know the opposite of an opposite is the number.

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Flight Simulator: Mirror Commands

Use reflections across zero to interpret opposite positions and repeated commands.

Read the Simulator

At space camp, a simulator uses signed positions on a horizontal track. Zero is the docking point; positive is right and negative is left. A MIRROR command reflects a position across zero.

A practice capsule is at position 7. Use the number line to find its position after one MIRROR command.