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Absolute Value Activity | Numbers, Opposites, and Absolute Value
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"I used this activity as extra practice for my students, and they were all engaged, and it was great practice dealing with Absolute Value!"
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This Absolute Value Cut and Paste is a great way to practice absolute value. Students will be given a number on a number line or a real-world scenario and determine the number's absolute value and opposite.

This activity is great for extra practice, as a station or center, and can be used to add variety to homework or independent work. Students can be hands-on, while still applying their understanding of absolute value.

Students are able to practice and apply concepts with this absolute value activity, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

Standards: CCSS (6.NS.5, 6.NS.7c) and TEKS (6.2B)

More details on what is included:

30 ready-to-print number cards that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4 and any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

  • Cut and Paste: Absolute Value
  • Recording Sheet
  • Teacher Directions
  • Answer Key

***Please download a preview to see sample pages and more information.***

How to use this resource:

  • Use as a whole group classroom activity
  • Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
  • Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
  • Incorporate within our Number System Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

Time to Complete:

  • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

Looking for instructional materials? 

  • Check out the corresponding Number System Unit, which includes student handouts, independent practice, assessments, and answer keys.

More 6th Grade Activity Bundles:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

More 6th Grade Units:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

Looking for more helpful teaching tips, ideas, and support? Check out Maneuveringthemiddle.com and join our online FB community MTM VIPS! 

Try out a FREE math resource! Grab your freebie here!

Licensing: 

This file is a license for ONE teacher and their students. Please purchase the appropriate number of licenses if you plan to use this resource with your team. Thank you!

Customer Service:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out for assistance.  We aim to provide quality resources to help teachers and students alike, so contact me before leaving feedback if you have a need. 

Maneuvering the Middle® Terms of Use

Products by Maneuvering the Middle®, LLC may be used by the purchaser for their classroom use only. This is a single classroom license only. All rights reserved. Resources may only be posted online in an LMS such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Students should be the only ones able to access the resources.  It is a copyright violation to upload the files to school/district servers or shared Google Drives. See more information on our terms of use here

If you are interested in a personalized quote for campus and district licenses, please click here

©Maneuvering the Middle® LLC, 2012-present

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Absolute Value Activity | Numbers, Opposites, and Absolute Value

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"I used this activity as extra practice for my students, and they were all engaged, and it was great practice dealing with Absolute Value!"
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Rebekah B.

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Description

This Absolute Value Cut and Paste is a great way to practice absolute value. Students will be given a number on a number line or a real-world scenario and determine the number's absolute value and opposite.

This activity is great for extra practice, as a station or center, and can be used to add variety to homework or independent work. Students can be hands-on, while still applying their understanding of absolute value.

Students are able to practice and apply concepts with this absolute value activity, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

Standards: CCSS (6.NS.5, 6.NS.7c) and TEKS (6.2B)

More details on what is included:

30 ready-to-print number cards that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4 and any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

  • Cut and Paste: Absolute Value
  • Recording Sheet
  • Teacher Directions
  • Answer Key

***Please download a preview to see sample pages and more information.***

How to use this resource:

  • Use as a whole group classroom activity
  • Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
  • Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
  • Incorporate within our Number System Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

Time to Complete:

  • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

Looking for instructional materials? 

  • Check out the corresponding Number System Unit, which includes student handouts, independent practice, assessments, and answer keys.

More 6th Grade Activity Bundles:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

More 6th Grade Units:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

Looking for more helpful teaching tips, ideas, and support? Check out Maneuveringthemiddle.com and join our online FB community MTM VIPS! 

Try out a FREE math resource! Grab your freebie here!

Licensing: 

This file is a license for ONE teacher and their students. Please purchase the appropriate number of licenses if you plan to use this resource with your team. Thank you!

Customer Service:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out for assistance.  We aim to provide quality resources to help teachers and students alike, so contact me before leaving feedback if you have a need. 

Maneuvering the Middle® Terms of Use

Products by Maneuvering the Middle®, LLC may be used by the purchaser for their classroom use only. This is a single classroom license only. All rights reserved. Resources may only be posted online in an LMS such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Students should be the only ones able to access the resources.  It is a copyright violation to upload the files to school/district servers or shared Google Drives. See more information on our terms of use here

If you are interested in a personalized quote for campus and district licenses, please click here

©Maneuvering the Middle® LLC, 2012-present

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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August 14, 2025
Loved using this in my middle school classroom. Thank you!
Staccy K.
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Rated 5 out of 5
April 14, 2025
I used this activity as extra practice for my students, and they were all engaged, and it was great practice dealing with Absolute Value!
Rebekah B.
90 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Rated 5 out of 5
March 26, 2025
Great activity that students loved completing. Thanks for creating it!
iLoveToTeachKids
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378 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
Rated 5 out of 5
December 18, 2024
Students worked in pairs in ENL class. Were able to complete.
Jo McNeill
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543 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals
Rated 5 out of 5
March 27, 2024
I left this activity for my students to complete with a sub to get extra practice on the topic. My students enjoyed the cut and paste aspect and I feel that it gave helpful reinforcement.
88 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Rated 5 out of 5
February 4, 2024
Great independent practice for students to review absolute value.
The Classy Teacher
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866 reviews
Grades taught: 6th
Rated 5 out of 5
November 6, 2023
Great resource, my students were engaged the entire time and loved it.
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Grades taught: 6th
Rated 4 out of 5
July 20, 2023
I love this resource! It is great for my classroom and my students. Thank you so much!
Nicole D.
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Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.
Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation. For example, for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars.
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