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Grade 6

1.11 Opposites of integers and rational numbers

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A temperature of $8$8 degrees below zero can be represented by the integer $-8$−8. Write the integer that represents the opposite of this temperature reading.

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Numbers are opposite to one another if they are the same distance from $0$0, and on opposite sides of $0$0.

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Using the number line below:

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Numbers are opposite to one another if they are the same distance from $0$0, and on opposite sides of $0$0.

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Outcomes

6.NS.C.6

Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.

6.NS.C.6.A

Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g. -(-3) = 3, And that 0 is its own opposite

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