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Grade 6 · Math · Unit 2 of 18

Integers & Decimals

Negatives, thousandths and rounding

What your child practises

Meeting negative numbers on a number line, comparing and ordering integers, decimals and fractions, working with thousandths, and rounding decimals.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: N7; N1 · integers on a number line, and ordering and rounding decimals to thousandths

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  1. Integers are whole numbers and their opposites: …, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, ….
  2. On a number line, numbers to the right are greater.
  3. To compare decimals, line up the places and compare from the left.

Example: Which is greater, −3 or −7? On a number line, −3 is to the right of −7. Numbers further right are greater. Answer: −3

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Tap the decimals from least to greatest.

    • 0.029
    • 0.172
    • 0.323
    • 0.935

  2. Question 2

    Which integer belongs at the ? on the number line?

    -10-8-6-4-20246810?
    • 5
    • 0
    • −7

  3. Question 3

    Round 6.392 to the nearest whole number.

    • 7
    • 5
    • 6

  4. Question 4

    Which is the greatest?

    • 5/8
    • 3/5
    • 0.65

  5. Question 5

    The temperature is 5 degrees below zero. Which integer shows this?

    • 6
    • 5
    • −5

  6. Question 6

    In 3.864, which place is the digit 8 in?

    • thousandths
    • tenths
    • hundredths

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