Mastering Integer Operations for 6th Grade STAAR

The video tutorial covers the sixth-grade concept of integer operations, focusing on adding positive and negative numbers. It uses a golf score problem from the 2016 Texas STAR test to illustrate the concept. The tutorial explains how to add integers using parentheses and a number line, and it demonstrates simplifying integer addition without a number line. The goal is to find the team's score by summing individual scores, emphasizing that in golf, lower scores are better.

What grade level is the concept of integer operations taught in Texas?

• Fifth grade

• Sixth grade

• Seventh grade

• Eighth grade

What does a lower score in golf indicate?

• A worse performance

• Disqualification

• A better performance

• No impact on performance

How do you add a negative number to a positive number?

• By dividing the numbers

• By multiplying the numbers

• By moving to the left on a number line

• By moving to the right on a number line

What is the result of adding -2 and 3?

• -5

• 5

• -1

• 1

What does the sum of a positive and a negative number equal to?

• Zero

• A positive number

• Cannot be determined

• A negative number

What is the final score of the team?

• -3

• 0

• 4

• -4

What mathematical operation is similar to adding a negative number?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

What is the simplified form of -2 + 3 - 4 - 1?

• 0

• -2 - 5

• -4

• 3 - 7

What principle allows us to rearrange the numbers in an addition problem?

• Identity Property

• Associative Property

• Commutative Property

• Distributive Property

What is the result of 3 - 7?

• -4

• 4

• 10

• -10