Grade 6 Mathematics
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 MathRequired 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
