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7.NS.1.c (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 7.NS.1.c
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 subtraction of rational numbers as adding the additive inverse, p – q = p + (–q). Show that the distance between two rational numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference, and apply this principle in real-world contexts.

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