Grade 6 · The Number System

6.NS.C.5

Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

Cluster 6.NS.CApply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Where this sits in the school year

Our Grade 6 Math scope and sequence teaches 6.NS.C.5 in Unit 5: Rational Numbers & the Number Line, weeks 12–14.

Extend the number system below zero: opposites, ordering, absolute value, and what 0 means in each context. See the full pacing guide →

Teaching Kits for this standard

⚓ The Harbor Log60 min · Guided discovery

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