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7.NS.1.b (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 7.NS.1.b
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 7
Domain: The Number System

Cluster:
Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Standard:
Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram. Understand p + q as the number located a distance |q| from p, in the positive or negative direction depending on whether q is positive or negative. Show that a number and its opposite have a sum of 0 (are additive inverses). Interpret sums of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.

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