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Swim Practice: Reading the Number Line

Read inequalities using number-line positions, with signed practice-time differences and lap totals from a swimming team.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.NS.C.7.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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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, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students read inequalities as statements about left and right positions on a number line.
  • Students interpret comparisons of signed practice-time differences and lap totals.

How to use

Use after introducing signed numbers. Have students trace each comparison on its number line, then complete the final reasoning question independently.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.NS.C.7.a

Read an inequality between two numbers as a statement about where they sit on a number line.

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Swim Practice: Reading the Number Line

Connect inequalities to positions on a number line.

Time Differences

The team records finish times relative to a target time. Negative differences mean faster than the target; positive differences mean slower. Number-line values increase to the right.

1.
Read −4 < 2 as a statement about this number line.−6−5−4−3−2−10123456
  • A. −4 is to the right of 2.
  • B. −4 is to the left of 2.
  • C. −4 is at the same position as 2.
  • D. −4 and 2 are both left of 0.
2.
Mina's time difference is −5 seconds. Luis's is −2 seconds. The comparison is −5 < −2.−6−5−4−3−2−1012
Word bank: left · right

On the number line, Mina's difference is to the   of Luis's difference.

3.
The coach writes 3 > −1. Which statement reads this inequality correctly?
  • A. 3 is to the left of −1 on a number line.
  • B. 3 and −1 share one position on a number line.
  • C. 3 and −1 are both left of 0 on a number line.
  • D. 3 is to the right of −1 on a number line.

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