Integer Rules SummaryAll four operations with negatives on one sheet, with a number line to check against.6th Grade-6-5-4-3-2-10123456← smallerlarger →ADD & SUBTRACT — walk the lineSame signs → add and keep the sign.−7 + (−4) = −11Different signs → subtract, keep the bigger one's sign.−7 + 4 = −3 · 7 + (−4) = 3Subtracting is adding the opposite: 5 − (−3) = 5 + 3 = 8.MULTIPLY & DIVIDE — count the minus signs(+) × (+) = +6 × 3 = 18(−) × (−) = +(−6) × (−3) = 18(+) × (−) = −6 × (−3) = −18(−) × (+) = −(−6) × 3 = −18Even number of minus signs → positive. Odd number → negative. Same for ÷.ABSOLUTE VALUE|−8| = 8 · |8| = 8distance from zero — never negative−8 is further from zero than 3, but −8 is still the smaller number.On the line, further left always means smaller.TEMPERATURE TESTIf −5°C rises by 8°, it is 3°C. Everything about integers behaves like a thermometer.Integer Rules Summarylearnposters.com
Integer Rules Summary — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

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Who is the Integer Rules Summary poster for?
Integer Rules Summary is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Integer Rules Summary poster?
The summary of the four integer posters in this set. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Integer Rules Summary belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Integer Rules Summary?
Absolute Value, Adding Integers and Algebra Vocabulary sit alongside Integer Rules Summary in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Absolute ValueAdding IntegersAlgebra Vocabulary
Is the Integer Rules Summary poster free to download and print?
Yes. Integer Rules Summary downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Integer Rules Summary poster print at?
Integer Rules Summary is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Integer Rules Summary loses nothing.Printing guide

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