Grade 6 · Number · Numbers to One Million and Integers

Navigate Large Numbers and Integers

Grade 6 number sense stretches in two directions: out to one million and below zero into negative integers.

The big idea

Position gives a number meaning

In 508,037, each three-digit period repeats the hundreds-tens-ones structure. On a number line, −8 and +8 are opposites with the same distance from zero.

Work it through

Compare 508,037, −12, and −5

1. Decompose 508,037 as 500,000 + 8,000 + 30 + 7.
2. Place −12 and −5 to the left of zero on a number line.
3. −5 is greater than −12 because it lies farther right.
4. Use units and context before comparing different forms of rational numbers.