Topic 7 Vocabulary - 6th grade

Numbers to the left of zero on a number line

• Positive Numbers

• Negative Numbers

The opposite of zero is _______.

The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

• Natural Numbers

• Whole Numbers

• Rational Numbers

• Integers

The absolute value of a number is always _________.

The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...). These are all positive integers.

• Integers

• Natural Numbers

• Whole Numbers

• Rational Numbers

Numbers to the right of zero on a number line

• Positive Numbers

• Negative Numbers

The set of numbers that includes the counting numbers and zero (0, 1, 2, 3, 4...)

• Integers

• Natural Numbers

• Whole Numbers

• Rational Numbers

Two numbers that are the same distance from zero, but in different directions.

• Opposites

• Integers

• Absolute Value

Any number that can be written as a quotient of two integers (ratio / fraction), where the denominator is not zero.

• Natural Numbers

• Whole Numbers

• Rational Numbers

• Integers

The distance a number is from zero.

• Rational Numbers

• Integers

• Absolute value

• Positive Numbers