Classifying Rational Numbers

A Grade 6 math worksheet to help students classify rational numbers, including integers, whole numbers, and natural numbers.

Grade 6 Math Number SenseClassifying Rational Numbers

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Word BankFill in the Blanks2 Multiple Choice2 True / False2 Short AnswerCustom

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.5CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.6

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mathgrade 6rational numbersintegerswhole numbersnatural numbers

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Classifying Rational Numbers

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Read each question carefully and classify the given numbers into the correct categories. Remember the definitions of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers.

Use the words below to help you answer the questions.

Natural Number

Whole Number

Integer

Rational Number

1. All natural numbers are also numbers.

2. A number that can be written as a fraction p/q, where p and q are integers and q is not zero, is a .

3. The set of includes all whole numbers and their opposites.

4. The number 0 is a number but not a natural number.

5. Which of the following numbers is an integer but not a whole number?

-3

1/2

6. Which set of numbers includes all natural numbers, whole numbers, and integers?

Natural Numbers

Whole Numbers

Integers

Rational Numbers

7. All integers are rational numbers.

True

False

8. The number -2.5 is an integer.

True

False

9. Provide an example of a number that is a whole number but not a natural number.

10. Explain why 3/4 is a rational number.

11. Plot the following numbers on the number line below: -4, 0, 2.5, 3/2