Grade 6 Integers Worksheets — Negative Numbers & the Number Line
Grade 6 is where numbers go below zero for the first time — temperatures, elevations, bank balances, and the two-sided number line that ties them together. Six sub-skills are offered at this grade and the page opens on Integers on the Number Line, where the difficulty control steps from Moving left and right, to Distance between two integers, to The number halfway between. Comparing and Ordering Integers, Absolute Value and Integer Word Problems sit alongside it, and Adding Integers and Subtracting Integers are here too — every one a separate sheet with three levels of its own, so you choose the skill first and the difficulty second. Magnitudes stay small (values to about 20) so the work is about direction and distance rather than heavy arithmetic, and every problem stays small enough to check with a quick number-line sketch.
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Grade 6 · 4 pages · A4More Grade 6 integers skills
Each one generates a different kind of question, with its own three levels and answer key.
- Integers on the Number LineMove along the line, measure the gap between two integers, and find the midpoint.
- Comparing and Ordering IntegersDecide which integer is greater, and put a set in order.
- Absolute ValueRead absolute value as distance from zero, then use it in expressions.
- Integer Word ProblemsTemperature, depth and balance stories where the sign carries the meaning.
- Adding IntegersAdd positive and negative numbers, including three-number sums.
- Subtracting IntegersTake one integer from another, including subtracting a negative.
What each level generates
Grade 6 integers on the number line — the exact skill behind each difficulty setting, straight from the generator.
- Level 1Moving left and right
- Level 2Distance between two integers
- Level 3The number halfway between
Grade levels follow the progression common to most English-language curricula — not one specific national curriculum. Every level shows exactly what it generates, so you can check the fit with your own program. See the full scope & sequence →
What Grade 6 integers should cover
Grade 6 is where negative numbers arrive, and what the standards ask for at this stage is position rather than arithmetic. The Common Core's Grade 6 number-system strand, 6.NS.C, has students describe opposite directions with signed numbers, place integers on a number line, name opposites (the opposite of 7 is -7), order and compare values so that -8 sits below -3, and read absolute value as distance from zero. That is what Integers on the Number Line, Comparing and Ordering Integers and Absolute Value drill between them, and it is why the page opens on the first of the three.
Adding and subtracting signed numbers is a Grade 7 standard under the Common Core, 7.NS.A.1, not a Grade 6 one — so if your child is on a US syllabus and has not met it yet, they are not behind. Those two sheets are on this page anyway, at the end of the list, because plenty of students meet the skill in this school year: England's Key Stage 3 programme of study applies the four operations to positive and negative integers from Year 7, the same school year as US Grade 6, and schools following that sequence need the practice now. Use Adding Integers and Subtracting Integers if your syllabus has reached them and leave them until next year if it has not — nothing else on this page depends on them.
Teaching the sign rules without gimmicks
When you do reach the two arithmetic sheets, the single most useful move is rewriting every subtraction as "add the opposite": 5 - 8 becomes 5 + (-8), and 3 - (-2) becomes 3 + 2. Once subtraction is gone, only two addition cases remain — same signs (add the sizes, keep the sign) and different signs (subtract the sizes, take the sign of the bigger one).
Watch for the classic trap: "two negatives make a positive" is a multiplication rule, and students wrongly apply it to addition, writing -4 + -3 = 7. It is -7. Have your child point on a number line and physically move left for a negative — the visual kills that error faster than any spoken rule. Use the answer key to check, but ask them to explain a wrong one before you show the right one.
Frequently asked questions
▸What are integers in Grade 6?
Integers are the whole numbers together with their negatives and zero: ..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ... Grade 6 uses them to describe real situations like temperature, elevation, and money owed, and to place and compare values on a number line.
▸How do I explain adding a negative number?
Model it as a move left on the number line. Starting at 2 and adding -5 means stepping five to the left, landing on -3. Rewriting subtraction as adding the opposite keeps everything as one consistent motion along the line.
▸Why do my child's answers flip sign?
Almost always it is the '-4 + -3 = 7' error — misusing the multiplication rule for addition. Same-sign addition keeps the sign, so -4 + -3 = -7. A number-line sketch on each problem prevents it.
▸Can I print an answer key to check the work?
Yes. Tick the answer key box and the numbered answers print on a separate final page, so you can hand back the sheet, work through misses together, and keep the key aside.
▸Are these worksheets really free?
Completely free, with no account and no sign-up. Generate as many integer sheets as you like, print straight from the PDF, and bookmark the link to reopen the identical worksheet later.