Access Point #: MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.7b (Archived Access Point)


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Determine the meaning of absolute value using numbers from -30 to 30.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Identify the value of the number and the distance of that number from zero on a number line.
  • Match the positive and the negative value of the same number on the number line.
Representation:
  • Identify absolute values of numbers.
  • Understand the following concepts, symbols, and vocabulary: absolute value, zero.

Number: MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.7b Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 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.

Related Standards

Name Description
MAFS.6.NS.3.7: Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.
  1. Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram. For example, interpret -3 > -7 as a statement that -3 is located to the right of -7 on a number line oriented from left to right.

  2. Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts. For example, write -3 oC > -7 oC to express the fact that -3 oC is warmer than -7 oC.

  3. Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation. For example, for an account balance of -30 dollars, write |-30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars.

  4. Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than -30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars.



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