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Integers and real numbers: fill in the blanks · Grades 6–7

Read 6 sentences about integers and real numbers and write the missing word in each, using the word bank. Practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary.

  • Grades 6–7 · ages 11 to 13
  • Easy
  • 10 to 15 minutes
  • 1 page
  • Free
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Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

  • Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
  • rational · positive · nine · opposite · negative · reciprocal
  • 1 A negative number times a negative number is ____.
  • 2 The · of 6 is -6.
  • 3 The square root of 81 is ____.
  • 4 The · of 2/3 is 3/2.
  • 5 Every integer is also a · number.
  • 6 Zero is neither positive nor ____.
  • Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.

What your child practices

Your child practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Integers on a number line”: locate and order positive and negative numbers; absolute value as distance.

Grades and ages
Grades 6–7, ages 11 to 13
Time
About 10 to 15 minutes
Subject
Mathematics
Level
Easy for Grades 6–7
Answer key
Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing
1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
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How to use it

Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is one of the easier sheets for Grades 6–7, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Read each sentence aloud with a hum for the blank, then try each word bank word in it.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.

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