Math Grade 6 Quiz Opposite Signs and Number Line Locations – 6.NS.C.6.A

This standard requires students to understand the relationships of numbers with their opposites, particularly in terms of their positions on the number line. Students learn that numbers with opposite signs are located on opposite sides of 0 on the number line. They also discover that taking the opposite of an opposite number returns to the original number and that zero is unique in being its own opposite.