Steps to order integers from least to greatest (6th grade)

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 Integers include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero.
• ➖ Negative numbers are always less than positive numbers.
• 0️⃣ Zero is greater than any negative number but less than any positive number.
• 🌡️ To order negative numbers, think of a thermometer; the lower the temperature (more negative), the smaller the number. For example, -5 is less than -2.
• 📈 To order positive numbers, simply arrange them from smallest to largest as you normally would.
• 💡 When ordering, look for the most negative number first, then work your way up to zero, and finally list the positive numbers in ascending order.

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following sets of integers is ordered from least to greatest?
   1. -3, -5, 0, 2
   2. -5, -3, 0, 2
   3. 2, 0, -3, -5
   4. 0, 2, -5, -3
2. Which integer is the smallest?
   1. 5
   2. -10
   3. 0
   4. -2
3. Order the following integers from least to greatest: 5, -2, 0, -8
   1. 5, 0, -2, -8
   2. -8, -2, 0, 5
   3. 0, -2, -8, 5
   4. -2, -8, 0, 5
4. Which of the following is true?
   1. -1 > 0
   2. -5 > -2
   3. -3 < 1
   4. 2 < -4
5. Which set of integers is correctly ordered from greatest to least?
   1. -1, 0, 1
   2. 1, 0, -1
   3. -1, 1, 0
   4. 0, 1, -1
6. What number comes after -4 when counting up?
   1. -5
   2. -3
   3. 4
   4. 0
7. Which integer is closest to zero?
   1. -7
   2. 5
   3. -1
   4. 8