Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Review • Choose a strategy for each problem. Explain or check your thinking where requested.

Sample questions

1. A student says |−9| = −9. Explain why a distance cannot support this answer and correct it.
2. Find |−7| and |7|. Explain what each measures.
3. An account balance is −$30 and another is −$12. Which balance is greater? Which account has the greater debt? Explain using absolute value.
4. Name all numbers that are 6 units from 0, then explain how their order differs from their absolute values.
5. Find |−11| and |11|. Explain what each measures.
6. Accounts A and B have balances −$12 and −$16. Which balance is greater, and which debt is larger?

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.NS.C.7c,d. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

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