Multiplying and Dividing Integers Rules: Handout 6th 7th Grade Math

Do you need a single cheat sheet or succinct handout for your multiplying and dividing integers unit? This page has it all in one place: perfect for your students to refer back to again and again throughout multiple lessons. It includes real-world examples of each integer rule for multiplication and division so students can start to understand why you apply each rule!

How to Use:

Use this handout at the beginning of your unit to introduce the ideas behind the integer rules for multiplication and division. Have your students complete the sample questions as a quick assessment or homework task. Remind your students to refer back to this sheet when they are unsure about integer rules. Even allow some (or all) of your students to use it as a reminder/aid during the unit test!

Three Parts:

• - Visual & colour coded cheat sheet

• - Sample real-life scenarios to demonstrate each rule (even why negative times negative is a positive!)

  • [For example: You owe some friends $6 each. If 2 friends take those debts away:

    -2 x -$6 = +$12 You have $12 more.]

• - 15 Practice questions

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There are five different stations with a variety of integer activities from word problems, to a game, and real-world math activities.

Grades to Use With: This handout is perfect for the middle grades (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade) when you are introducing integer rules for operations with integers. It could also be useful in a high school special education classroom.

What's Included:

2 Page PDF: Title Page and One-Page Student Handout and Worksheet

Standards:

6th and 7th Grade Number System: Understand integers and how to perform operations with them.

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