Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Given a problem situation, the student will compare and order integers, percents, positive and negative fractions and decimals with or without a calculator.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rational Numbers on the Number Line Stations
The number line is a useful tool to use when ordering rational numbers.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rational Numbers on the Number Line
The number line is a useful tool when ordering positive and negative rational numbers.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Rational Numbers to Solve Problems
Given a problem situation in verbal form, students will select and use an operation involving rational numbers in order to solve the problem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Jumping Flea
In this task, 6th graders examine where numbers are on a number line in relation to zero and what we mean by absolute value. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.
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Better Lesson: Pre Test
What do students already know about integers, rational numbers, and the coordinate plane? What gaps do students have in their understanding? Students take the Unit 3 pretest in order to inform instruction.