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Trail Maps: Elevation Without Direction

Interpret absolute value using hiking maps, elevations relative to a trailhead, and signed elevation changes.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.NS.C.7.c

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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

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What students practice

Students interpret absolute value as distance from zero on a number line.
Students use absolute value to describe the size of signed elevation differences and changes.
Students distinguish the size of an elevation change from its direction.

How to use

Use after introducing signed numbers. Have students read the map key before answering, then discuss why absolute value does not describe direction or trail length.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.NS.C.7.c

Understand absolute value as distance from 0 and use it to describe the size of a real-world quantity, like a debt.

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Trail Maps: Elevation Without Direction

Use absolute value to describe elevation differences and changes on a hiking trip.

Read the Elevation Scale

On this hiking map, 0 represents the trailhead’s elevation, not sea level. Positive values mean above the trailhead; negative values mean below it. Absolute value gives the vertical distance from that reference elevation.