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Represent positive or negative numbers on a number line given a real-world situation.
Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Describe negative numbers as numbers less than zero.
  • Understand less/same/more in context (e.g., temperature, ground level).
Representation:
  • Select pictorial representations of less than 0 in a real-word context.

Access Point #: MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.5a (Archived Access Point)
Access Point Information
Number:
MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.5a
Category:
Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised:
06/13
Cluster:
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers. (Major Cluster) : 

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.