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Ordering Integers

Practice ordering integers in both directions with eight worksheets. Students compare sets containing negative values, positive values or zero, then write each set in the requested order.
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Ordering Integers cover previewing six worksheets in which students sequence sets of negative and positive numbers
Overview of the full set of practice pages
Integer sequencing, set 1: students write five sets such as -23, 89, -12, -48, -68 in order from smallest to largest
Introductory practice on placing negatives in order
Set 2: students order six groups of four integers, mostly negatives such as -78, -85, -57, -62, from smallest to largest
Practice comparing negative numbers by magnitude
Set 3: students sort nine short integer sets like -1, 0, -3, 4 and 48, -52, -32 from smallest to largest
Quick-fire review with three- and four-number sets
Set 4: students arrange three lists of seven or eight integers, including zero and opposites like 54 and -54, ascending
Challenge set with longer lists and opposite pairs
Set 5 reverses direction: students write three lists of six or seven integers, including zero, from largest to smallest
Switches to descending order to check flexibility
Set 6: students order ten three-number integer sets like -58, 84, -19 from largest to smallest, beside a brain fun fact
Short-set drill in descending order with a fun fact
Set 7: students rewrite three lists of five or six integers, such as -96, 81, -76, -48, 89, in descending order
Independent descending-order practice with mixed signs
Set 8: students order six four-number sets with mixed signs, such as 45, -89, 67, -71, from largest to smallest
Wrap-up practice or exit ticket for descending order

Answer key included

Answer key included
Grades
Grades 6–8
Pages
12
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 03, 2022

Subject
Math, Numbers
Topic
Ordering Integers, Math Concepts
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
Included
Standards
6.NS.C.7

Product description

From the author

Practice ordering integers with eight worksheets: four from smallest to largest and four in the reverse direction. Sets include negative numbers, positive numbers and zero.

The 12-page PDF contains eight student pages, two answer-key pages, a cover and terms. Use a worksheet for independent practice or discuss how students compare two negative values. A teacher-supplied number line can support the discussion.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Order a set of positive and negative integers from smallest to largest

  • Order a set of positive and negative integers from largest to smallest

  • Compare negative integers correctly, recognizing that a number further from zero in the negative direction is smaller

Teaching tips

  • Assign the smallest-to-largest sheets before the largest-to-smallest sheets, since the file itself orders them that way

  • Use a number line alongside the first sheet or two to help students see why, for example, -68 is smaller than -12

  • Have students circle the most negative number in each set first as a starting anchor before ordering the rest

Skills covered

  • Integer comparison and ordering.
  • Smallest-to-largest and largest-to-smallest sequencing.
  • Comparing the values of negative numbers.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • 6.NS.C.7

Core concepts

  • Integers

  • Number line ordering

  • Negative numbers

Topics

Ordering Integers Math Concepts Negative Numbers Integer Rules

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