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Grade 6 · Math · Unit 5 of 15

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.

Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: N6.6 · integers

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
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    0.029 → 0.172 → 0.323 → 0.935

    Hint: Line up the decimal points. Compare tenths, then hundredths, then thousandths.

  2. Question 2

    Which integer belongs at the ? on the number line?

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

    Hint: Numbers to the right of 0 are positive. Numbers to the left are negative.

  3. Question 3

    Round 6.392 to the nearest whole number.

    • 7
    • 5
    • 6
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    6

    Hint: Look at the digit just after the place you are rounding to. 5 or more, round up.

  4. Question 4

    Which is the greatest?

    • 5/8
    • 3/5
    • 0.65
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    0.65

    Hint: Change each number to a decimal, then compare.

  5. Question 5

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

    • 6
    • 5
    • −5
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    −5

    Hint: Below zero, owing and losing are shown with negative integers.

  6. Question 6

    In 3.864, which place is the digit 8 in?

    • thousandths
    • tenths
    • hundredths
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    tenths

    Hint: The first digit after the decimal point is tenths, then hundredths, then thousandths.

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