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6.NS.5 (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 6.NS.5
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 6
Domain: The Number System

Cluster:
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Standard:
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.

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