Building 6th Grade Confidence In Using Integers and Rational Numbers Through Task Cards

Math comes alive when students are moving, collaborating, and thinking critically—and that’s exactly what these Envision/Savvas Realize Inspired Topic 2: Integers & Rational Numbers Task Cards are designed to do!

This set takes the concepts of integers and rational numbers from the Envision/Savvas Realize curriculum and transforms them into an interactive, hands-on learning experience. Whether you’re introducing new material, reviewing before an assessment, or reinforcing skills through centers or small groups, these task cards make practice meaningful and engaging.

Understanding integers can be a tricky concept for students at first—but with the right tools, it doesn’t have to be! Providing opportunities for students to see integers in real world situations allows them to make connections to their daily lives. This set focuses on helping students develop a solid understanding of integers and their relationships.

24 questions with skills assessed such as:
Write integers and their opposites
Write integers to represent situations
Identify integers on a number line
Read integers from a thermometer
Write integers from a table, representing elevation and depth
Order integers from least to greatest

Representing rational numbers can feel abstract for many students—but these task cards make it concrete, engaging, and easy to understand! This resource helps students visualize and work confidently with positive and negative fractions, decimals, and integers across different representations.

24 questions with skills assessed such as
Identify and plot rational numbers on a number
Compare rational numbers using =, >, or <
Order rational numbers from least to greatest
Compare rational numbers in word problems

This resource helps students explore the meaning of absolute value and how it connects to distance on a number line. Each task card guides learners to compare, interpret, and apply absolute value in real-world and mathematical contexts, reinforcing conceptual understanding rather than rote memorization.

24 questions with skills assessed such as:
Identify absolute values on a number line
Identify the absolute value of a rational number
Order absolute values from least to greatest
Compare absolute values in word problems

Help your students see how rational numbers work in all four quadrants with these task cards! This engaging set takes students beyond the basics, giving them hands-on practice plotting, identifying, and interpreting points using both positive and negative numbers.

24 questions with skills assessed such as:
Identify what quadrant an ordered pair is in
Identify the reflection of a point across the x-axis, y-axis, or both axes
Plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane
Write the ordered pair for a point on a coordinate plane

Give your students a fun, hands-on way to explore distance on the coordinate plane with these task cards. This resource helps learners connect geometry and number sense as they calculate distances between points using rational numbers in all four quadrants.

24 questions with skills assessed such as:
Identifying if different coordinates are in the same or different quadrant(s)
Identifying if you add or subtract points
Solving distance problems given two points
Solving distance problems given a coordinate plane
Solving for distance between two points in word problems

Help your students see geometry in action with these task cards. This interactive set gives learners meaningful practice plotting, connecting, and analyzing points to create polygons—all while reinforcing their understanding of ordered pairs.

24 questions with skills assessed such as:
Finding the perimeter and area of a rectangle given the vertices
Identifying whether a shape is an equilateral triangle, isosoceles triangle, arectangle, or square given a set of vertices
Finding the perimeter and area of a rectangle on a coordinate plane
Finding the perimeter and area of a polygon on a coordinate plane
Polygons on a coordinate plane word problems

Engagement through movement: The author suggests taping cards around the room (or hallway) so students move as they work. This gets kids out of their seats and helps avoid “desk fatigue.”

Covers key standards: This resource aligns with the Common Core Standards 6.NS.C.5, 6.NS.C.6, 6.NS.C.6, 6.NS.C.7, 6.NS.C.8, and 6.G.A.3 —critical for ensuring your instruction is grounded in what districts/testers expect.

Differentiated practice: With a variety of tasks—from simple computation to multi-step word problems, model-based work, and estimation—students who grasp basic concepts can be challenged, while those needing more scaffolding can still access meaningful work.

Highly usable and flexible: These are ready-to-use task cards. You can use them in centers, as exit tickets, small-group instruction, homework, partner work, or even for test prep.