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Track Meet Results: Left or Right?

Interpret signed track meet results by connecting inequalities to left and right positions on number lines.

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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

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Students interpret inequalities as statements about relative positions on a number line.
Students connect signed track meet results to left and right positions on number lines.

Use after introducing signed numbers. Have students refer to the number lines when reading each inequality, then explain the error in the final item.

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

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Connect inequalities to positions on a number line.

On each number line, values increase from left to right. Read each inequality as a statement about position.

The track meet results board uses signed numbers to show how results compare with a reference value. Start with this number line.

Which statement reads −6 < −2 correctly?

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