About This Worksheet
This worksheet helps sixth-grade students arrange integers from least to greatest or greatest to least. Each problem gives a set of positive numbers, negative numbers, and sometimes zero, and students must place them in the requested order. The activity requires students to think about the entire number line rather than compare only one pair at a time. It is a strong next step after students learn how to compare individual integers.
What Students Practice
Students organize mixed sets of integers in ascending and descending order. Some sets contain only a few negative values, while others include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero together. Students must determine which values belong farthest left and farthest right on a number line. This builds fluency with integer magnitude and relative position.
Why This Matters
Ordering integers helps students develop a stronger sense of how signed numbers relate to one another. This becomes especially important when they work with data sets, inequalities, coordinate planes, and rational numbers. Students who understand integer order are also less likely to make mistakes when comparing negative values. The skill gives them a more complete picture of how numbers are organized around zero.
Teaching Tips
Have students locate the smallest and largest values first, then fill in the numbers between them. For difficult sets, encourage them to sketch a quick number line or imagine where each value would sit. Remind them that greater negative magnitude means a smaller numerical value. Once students finish, ask them to read the ordered list aloud to check whether the sequence makes sense.
Curriculum Standards
This worksheet supports CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7, which asks sixth-grade students to understand the ordering of rational numbers. It also connects with CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7.A because students use relative number-line position to determine which values are greater or less. The activity works well as guided practice, independent work, homework, or review.