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Ski Resort: Across Zero

Practice opposite numbers and opposites of opposites using number lines, ski lift positions, and snowfall records.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.NS.C.6.a

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify opposite numbers as points equally far from zero on opposite sides of a number line.
Students find the opposite of an opposite, including for zero, fractions, and decimals.
Students interpret opposite signed positions and snowfall differences in context.

How to use

Have students use the number lines before completing the application questions. Discuss the final error analysis to check understanding of double opposites.

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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Ski Resort: Across Zero

Use opposites to interpret lift-line positions and snowfall records.

Lift-Line Positions

A straight lift queue has its entrance at 0. Positions left of the entrance are negative; positions right are positive. Opposite positions are equally far from 0 on different sides.