Integers
Grade 6 · Unit 7
Comparing & Ordering Integers
Signed magnitude
Curriculum standard — Understand stage of the Thinking Ladder
Concept first
Comparing & Ordering Integers begins with meaning — what it is and why it holds — before any procedure. The structure comes first; computation follows.
Definition
Comparing & Ordering Integers
The precise meaning of this topic, stated in mathematical terms.
A plain-language restatement so the definition is understood, not just memorized.
Three pathways, one topic