6.NS.5

Grade 6 · The Number System

Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

Official code: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.5
Short code: 6.NS.5
Subject: Mathematics
Grade: Grade 6
Domain: The Number System

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