Mathematics, Grade 6

Unit 1: Number

Place value past a million and below a thousandth, factors and multiples, ratio, percent, integers, decimal multiplication and division, and order of operations.

• Place value past a million and below a thousandth
• Where big and small numbers appear
• Solving big-number problems
• Factors and multiples
• Prime and composite numbers
• Improper fractions and mixed numbers
• Understanding ratio
• Understanding percent
• Understanding integers
• Multiplying and dividing decimals
• Estimating and solving decimal problems
• Order of operations

Unit 2: Patterns and Relations

Relationships in tables of values, patterns represented with graphs and tables, generalizations with letter variables, and preservation of equality.

• Relationships in tables of values
• Patterns with graphs and tables
• Generalizing with letter variables
• Preservation of equality

Unit 3: Shape and Space

Angles and interior-angle sums, perimeter/area/volume formulas, triangles and polygons, transformations, and first-quadrant coordinates.

• Classifying and estimating angles
• Measuring and drawing angles
• Interior angle sums
• Perimeter and area formulas
• Volume of rectangular prisms

• Constructing and comparing triangles
• Regular and irregular polygons
• Combinations of transformations
• Designs from transformations
• Plotting in the first quadrant
• Transformations on the coordinate grid

Unit 4: Statistics and Probability

Line graphs, methods of collecting data, graphing and analyzing collected data, and experimental versus theoretical probability.

• Creating and interpreting line graphs
• Choosing how to collect data
• Graphing and analyzing data
• Experimental and theoretical probability