Grade 6 Mathematics

 Grade 6 Mathematics
  • Recommended Grade Level: 6
  • Course Price: $375.00

Course Overview:

How do mathematicians think, write, and speak? Find out in Grade 6 Mathematics, where students will experience new ways of solving problems through interactive and engaging activities. With a focus on hands-on learning and real-world application, students will be exposed to foundational concepts needed for higher-level math study, including integer operations, equations, and statistics.

Instructional time for Grade 6 Mathematics will emphasize five areas:

  • performing all four operations with integers, positive decimals, and positive fractions with procedural fluency
  • exploring and applying concepts of ratios, rates, and percentages to solve problems
  • creating, interpreting, and using expressions and equations
  • extending geometric reasoning to plotting points on the coordinate plane, area, and volume of geometric figures
  • extending understanding of statistical thinking

Prerequisites:

Grade 5 Math

Required Materials:

You will need the following items to complete this course:

  • Printer

Segment One

  • Multiply and divide positive multi-digit numbers with decimals to the thousandths
  • Solve multi-step, real-world problems involving any of the four operations with positive multi-digit decimals or positive fractions, including mixed numbers
  • Compute products and quotients of positive fractions by positive fractions, including mixed numbers
  • Rewrite positive rational numbers in different but equivalent forms, including fractions, terminating decimals, and percentages
  • Define, plot, order, and compare rational numbers
  • Represent and compare rational numbers that have opposite direction on a number line and explain the meaning of zero within a real-world context
  • Find, interpret, and compare the absolute values of rational numbers as the distance from zero on a number line, given a mathematical or real-world context
  • Define, plot, order, and compare rational numbers
  • Evaluate positive rational numbers and integers with natural number exponents
  • Rewrite the sum of two composite whole numbers having a common factor, as a common factor multiplied by the sum of two whole numbers
  • Express composite whole numbers as a product of prime factors with natural number exponents
  • Find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two whole numbers given a mathematical or real-world context
  • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers
  • Translate written descriptions into algebraic expressions and translate algebraic expressions into written descriptions given a mathematical or real-world context
  • Evaluate algebraic expressions using substitution and order of operations
  • Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent algebraic expressions with integer coefficients
  • Determine which values make the equation or inequality true or false given an equation or inequality and a specified set of integer values
  • Write and solve one-step equations in one variable using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within a mathematical or real-world context
  • Translate a real-world written description into an algebraic inequality and represent the solution on a number line

Module 01: Rational Numbers

  • Rational Numbers Introduction
  • Rational Numbers Pretest
  • Operations with Decimal Numbers
  • Operations with Fractions
  • Manipulating Positive Rational Numbers
  • Opposites and Absolute Value
  • Exponents
  • Factoring

Module 02: Integers and Algebraic Expressions

  • Integers and Algebraic Expressions Introduction
  • Adding Integers
  • Subtracting Integers
  • Multiplying and Dividing Integers
  • Operations with Absolute Value
  • Translating Algebraic Expressions
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
  • Properties of Operations

Module 03: Equations and Inequalities

  • Equations and Inequalities Introduction
  • Equations and Inequalities Pretest
  • Evaluating Equations
  • Solving One-Step Equations with Integers
  • Writing One-Step Equations with Integers
  • Solving One-Step Equations with Rational Numbers
  • Translating Algebraic Inequalities
  • Evaluating Inequalities

Segment Two

  • Write and interpret ratios to show the relative sizes of two quantities given a real-world context
  • Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving ratios, rates, and unit rates, including comparisons, mixtures, ratios of lengths and conversions within the same measurement system
  • Determine a rate for a ratio of quantities with different units, and calculate and interpret the corresponding unit rate given a real-world context
  • Generate or complete a two- or three-column table to display equivalent part-to-part ratios and part-to-part-to-whole ratios
  • Apply ratio relationships to solve mathematical and real-world problems involving percentages using the relationship between two quantities
  • Solve multi-step, real-world percent problems (accelerated)
  • Apply ratios to solve real-world problems involving proportions (accelerated)
  • Recognize and formulate a statistical question that would generate numerical data
  • Find and interpret mean, median, mode, and range given a numerical data set within a real-world context
  • Determine the minimum, the lower quartile, the median, the upper quartile, and the maximum given a box plot within a real-world context and use a summary of the data to describe the spread and distribution of the data
  • Create box plots and histograms to represent sets of numerical data within real-world contexts
  • Describe and interpret the spread and distribution of the data, including any symmetry, skewness, gaps, clusters, outliers, and the range given a histogram or line plot within a real-world context
  • Determine and describe how changes in data values impact measures of center and variation given a real-world scenario
  • Determine an appropriate measure of center or measure of variation to summarize numerical data, represented numerically or graphically, taking into consideration the context and any outliers (accelerated)
  • Use the measure(s) of center and measure(s) of variability to make comparisons, interpret results, and draw conclusions about two populations given two numerical or graphical representations of data (accelerated)
  • Use proportional relationships to make predictions about a population, given categorical data from a random sample (accelerated)
  • Plot rational number ordered pairs in all four quadrants and on both axes and identify the x- or y-axis as the line of reflection when two ordered pairs have an opposite x- or y-coordinate
  • Find distances between ordered pairs, limited to the same x-coordinate or the same y-coordinate, represented on the coordinate plane
  • Solve mathematical and real-world problems by plotting points on a coordinate plane, including finding the perimeter or area of a rectangle
  • Derive a formula for the area of a right triangle using a rectangle and apply the formula to find the area of a triangle
  • Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving the area of quadrilaterals and composite figures by decomposing them into triangles or rectangles

Module: Ratios and Rates

  • Ratios and Rates Introduction
  • Ratios and Rates Pretest
  • Ratios
  • Rates
  • Two-Column Tables
  • Three-Column Tables
  • Percentages
  • Multi-Step Percent Problems
  • Proportions

Module 06: Statistics

  • Statistics Introduction
  • Statistics Pretest
  • Statistical Measurements
  • Box Plots
  • Histograms and Line Plots
  • Effects of Changes in Data
  • Appropriate Measures
  • Comparing Data
  • Making Predictions

Module 07: Geometry

  • Geometry Introduction
  • Geometry Pretest
  • Plotting Ordered Pairs
  • Distance on the Coordinate Plane
  • Perimeter and Area on the Coordinate Plane
  • Finding Area Using Triangles and Rectangles
  • Area of Polygons and Composite Figures
  • Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms and Pyramids
  • Volume of Rectangular Prisms