Rational Numbers!

Day 1
Van Siclen Community Middle School
Mr. E Grade 6 Mathematics
Class 602/603/604/605
December 8, 2014

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Do Now 5 minutes

Mr. E and Mr. Campbell are creating

math problems. Mr. E decides to make 20
problems at a time, and Mr. Campbell
decides to make 15 problems at a time. If
they end up creating the same number
of problems, what is the smallest number
of problems they could have made?

Mr. E is preparing identical plates of cake

for all of the teachers at the VSC teacher
party. There are 10 pieces of chocolate
cake and 20 pieces of cheesecake. What
is the greatest number of plates Mr. E can
prepare using all of the chocolate and
cheesecake pieces?

Lesson Overview

Welcome to negative and positive

integers!
We will spend the next few weeks
learning about different types of numbers.

One of the most important things that will

help us in this unit is our NUMBER LINE.
Groups that are very good with their
number lines will do the best in this unit!
Mr. E will help any, and all that need help!

Group Questions: 3 minutes

A) What is the starting number on
both number lines?
B) What is the last whole number on
both number lines?
C) Look at the horizontal number
line above. Do the numbers get
increase, or decrease as you
move further to the right of zero?
D) Look at the vertical number line
to the right. Do the numbers
increase or decrease as you
move further above zero?

6
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

10

-5

-4

-3

-2

A) Numbers to the left of zero are

called negative numbers.
B) Number opposites: Given a nonzero number, the opposite of a,
labeled a, is the number such
that:
0 is between a and a
The distance between 0 and a, is
the equal to the distance
between 0 and a.

-1

1
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5

Find the opposite of +5.

What would be the
opposite of +10?
What would be the
opposite of +1000?

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

A) As we move to the right of the number line the numbers get larger. These numbers are
called positive numbers because they are larger than 0. Notice the arrow pointing to the
right to show a positive direction. We call this number, positive 3.

B) Starting from 0, if we move further to the left of zero, do the numbers get smaller or larger?
C) These numbers are called negative because they are less than zero. Notice the arrow is
pointing to the left to show a negative direction. This number is called negative 3.

4 minutes
-10

-9

-8

-7

-6

-5

-4

-3

Smaller

Negative numbers are less than zero. As

you move left on a horizontal number line,
the values of the numbers decrease.

-2

-1

Lets compare!
Which integer is smaller? -9 or -10
Which integer is smaller? 0 or -1

Integers The set of whole numbers, and

their opposites, including zero, are called
integers.

Which integer is larger? -8 or -9?

Which integer is larger? -2 or -5?
What is the relationship between -3 and +3?
They are _____________.

5 minutes
-5

-4

-3

-2

A) Where are negative numbers

located on a horizontal number
line?
B) Where are negative numbers
located on a vertical number
line?
What is the opposite of -2 and
how do you know?
What is the opposite of 0?
Describe the relationship
between 10 and -10.

-1

1
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5

C) Describe to your group

how to find 10 on a number
line.
D) Describe to your group
how to find -10 on a number
line.

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

A) Where should we start when locating an integer on a number line?

B) What do you notice about the curved arrows that represent the location of 3 and -3?

Mr. Es Classroom Number Line Challenge!

3 minutes!

A) What part of this activity was challenging?

B) Give an example of two opposite numbers and describe their
locations on a horizontal number line.
C) How would you describe their locations on a vertical number
line?

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