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6th grade Place numbers on a number line worksheet

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Place numbers on a number line

Grade 6 Math Worksheet

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Noah studies an elevation map. On its vertical number line, 0 is sea level and marks are 5 meters apart. Point P is 6 marks below sea level. What number is P?
Zee draws a number line. Each space between marks is 1/5. Point P is 3 spaces to the right of 0. What number is P? Write a fraction.
Ari draws a number line. Each space between marks is 1/10. Point P is 7 spaces to the left of 0. What number is P? Write a fraction.
Bo draws a number line. Each space between marks is 1/4. Point P is 6 spaces to the left of 0. What number is P? Write a fraction or a mixed number.
Kira labels 0 and -1 on a number line. There are 3 marks equally spaced between them. Point P is on the first mark left of 0. What number is P? Write a fraction.
Milo labels 0 and -1 on a number line. There are 9 marks equally spaced between them. Point P is on the first mark left of 0. What number is P? Write a fraction.
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Noah marks -3.4 on a number line. Which two integers is -3.4 between?
- -4 and -3
- -3 and -2
- 3 and 4
Tala has a number puzzle to crack. What number is halfway between -9 and -6?
Zee follows a treasure map along a number line. What number is halfway between -14 and -10?
Ari plays a number-line guessing game. What number is halfway between -20 and -17?

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About this worksheet

Rational numbers on the number line. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can read a point on a number line, left or right of 0, up or down on a vertical line, when each mark is worth 1, 5, 10 or a fraction.
I can read a point past 1 as a mixed number, and count the spaces (not the marks) between two labelled numbers.
I can put a negative decimal or fraction between the two integers on each side of it.
I can count marks to the right from a labelled mark that is not 0.

Standard: 6.NS.C.6c

Words to know

mark: A small line on the number line. Each mark has a value.

space: The gap between two marks. On some lines each space is a fraction.

integer: A whole number, its opposite, or 0, like -3, 0 or 5.

halfway between: In the middle of two numbers, the same distance from each.

mixed number: A whole number and a fraction together, like 1 1/2.

vertical number line: A number line that goes up and down, like a thermometer. Up is greater.

Common mistakes

Your child put a number on the wrong side of 0 on a number line. Draw a line together and ask: is -3 to the left or the right of 0, and why?

Your child counted the marks but did not use what each mark or space is worth. Look at a thermometer together and ask how much one mark is worth before counting up or down. When a line has marks between two labeled numbers, count the spaces between marks, not the marks.

Your child moved the wrong way from a negative number, counting farther from 0 instead of closer. Show on a number line that moving right always makes a number greater, even when it is negative.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with place numbers on a number line?

Your child put a number on the wrong side of 0 on a number line. Draw a line together and ask: is -3 to the left or the right of 0, and why?

Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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