1. Rational Numbers A PowerPoint for 6th grade.
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MCC6.NS.6.c: Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.

2. Rational Numbers
Rational means “written as a ratio.” A ratio is the comparison of two quantities using division. Definition: Any positive or negative number that can be written as a ratio of two integers, where the denominator is not equal to zero.

3. These numbers are all examples of rational numbers:
These numbers are all examples of rational numbers:
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4. Rational numbers have opposites, too!
For example: 2/3 and -2/3 are opposites and 5.10 are also opposites.

5. Find the opposites for the rational numbers on this number line:

6. Explain why -2/3, 6 and 0.4 are rational numbers.
Ask, can I write these numbers in the form a/b?
The number 2/3 is written in the form a/b.
The number 6 can be written as 6/1 which is in the form a/b.
The number 0.4 can be written as 4/10 which is in the form a/b.
The numbers 2/3, 6 and 0.4 are rational numbers because each can be written in the form a/b.

7. Is this a rational number?