Integers
Negative numbers. What they mean, and why subtracting one adds.
What this lesson covers
Integers is a 10-part Class 6 Mathematics lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
Integers are whole numbers including negatives and zero. … −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3 …A negative number means the opposite direction from a starting point, below zero on a thermometer, money owed rather than held, below sea level. Zero is neither positive nor negative. It is the boundary between them.
The 10 parts
- Numbers below zero
- Comparing negatives
- Adding and subtracting
- Why subtracting a negative adds
- Multiplying and dividing signs
- A worked problem
- Negatives in real life
- Where it usually goes wrong
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Integers
Everything on QuizByt for Class 6 Mathematics that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 5 quizzes on Integers (2 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
Work up from easy to hard: the hard quiz asks the Class 6 exam-style questions on Integers.
🖨️ Printable worksheet
Integers on paper for Class 6, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
🎮 Games for Class 6 Mathematics
Number and logic games at the right level for Class 6. Passing a quiz on Integers earns the credits that open them.
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