Access Point #: MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.7bArchived 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.
General Information
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.

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Related Courses

This access point is part of these courses.
1205010: M/J Grade 6 Mathematics
1205020: M/J Accelerated Mathematics Grade 6
1205500: Explorations in Mathematics 1
1204000: M/J Foundational Skills in Mathematics 6-8
7812015: Access M/J Grade 6 Mathematics
7912110: Fundamental Explorations in Mathematics 1

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