The first decks of playing cards were invented more than 13 centuries ago in China. Scholars use playing cards to practice additive inverse and absolute value. After a few rounds of Zip, Zilch, Zero, they learn the best strategy for...

Lights, camera ... math? Put some action in your upcoming multiplication of integers instructional activity with a thought-provoking activity. Algebra all-stars get acquainted with the idea of positive and negative rates by observing the...

Squares can be magic. Pupils use their knowledge of addition of positive and negative rational numbers to create a 3 X 3 magic square where the sums are 1. Scholars create addition and multiplication expressions with a set of rational...

Positive and negative numbers are all around us. Groups read short story contexts and identify a rational number that represents the values in the context. They order the rational numbers and interpret statements of inequality.

Order up a resource on absolute value and order. The 12th installment of a 21-part module investigates the relationship between absolute value and the order of numbers on a number line. Scholars determine how the actual values and the...

Continuing from the previous lesson in the series, scholars learn to use positive and negative integers to describe real-world situations. In groups, they come up with their own situations for given positive and negative integers. 

Loaded with concepts ranging from multiplying decimals to converting units to solving problems using the order of operations, a thorough practice packet is perfect for a fifth or sixth grade math classroom.

Where do you put the negative sign when working with fractions? The video lesson answers this question by explaining that each fraction has three signs. Pupils see how to adjust the signs of a fraction two at a time.

Take the fear out of signed numbers. An educational video explains signed numbers as keeping the sign when both are the same, and offers tricks for what to do when one is positive and the other is negative.

Give scholars the opportunity to show what they know about ordering fractions, decimals, and percents with a five-page, eight-problem independent practice. With clear instructions and supportive advice, learners are bound for a...

Learners show what they know about coordinate planes and grid maps with a performance task that asks them to plan their own town. When designing the town, pupils must take into consideration a list of seven requirements...

It's time for scholars to show what they know about coordinate planes with a collection of three assessments. The exams' objectives include plotting points on a single grid, measuring using the distance formula, and identifying points on...

Seven activities make up a collection of supplemental materials to reinforce graphing on a coordinate plane. Worksheet objectives include plotting coordinates within single and four quadrants, measuring straight and diagonal lines, and...

Provide your mathematicians an introduction to coordinate planes with a captivating video featuring Virtual Math Girl. Viewers get a step-by-step description of how to use a single, positive number quadrant to plot ordered pairs, and to...

Watch a video intended for teachers to gain pointers, tips, and tricks to teach learners how to graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane, and to calculate distances with the distance formula. Additionally, obtain recommendations...

Reinforce math vocabulary with a set of flash cards. With a total of forty-eight cards, each are printed in bold font, and include definition cards that offer a labeled example. Terms include absolute value, ordered pair, variable and...

A collection of nine integer worksheets, middle schoolers practice computing the positive and negative values in a variety of problems. Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers are the skills conveyed in these resources.

The time has come to find out how much knowledge your sixth grade mathematicians have retained with this Common Core designed practice assessment. To demonstrate their learning, 6th graders answer a series of multiple choice and...

What does opposite mean? Ask your mathematicians and you will get a multitude of answers. The video shows learners that opposite means having a position on the other or further side of something, in this case zero, and are an equal...

Practice makes perfect with this worksheet on the addition and subtraction of integers. Focusing on whole numbers less than 13, these skills-practice exercises throughly address young mathematicians' ability to find sums and differences...

It's time to break out those algebra tiles for some hands-on learning. To begin young mathematicians practice modeling how to add and subtract integers, before eventually learning to solve linear algebraic equations with the help of...

Young mathematicians construct their own understanding of integers with an inquiry-based math lesson. Using colored chips to represent positive and negative numbers, children model a series of addition and subtraction problems as they...