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The official Manitoba Mathematics, Grade 6 curriculum
Manitoba defines Mathematics, Grade 6 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source Manitoba's official curriculumRead it on the government site — edu.gov.mb.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand N | 9 | Number |
| Strand PR | 4 | Patterns and Relations |
| Strand SS | 9 | Shape and Space |
| Strand SP | 4 | Statistics and Probability |
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Unit 1NumberOfficial strand · Strand N
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 to Millions and Beyond
- Place value past a million and below a thousandth6.N.1 — Demonstrate an understanding of place value for numbers greater than one million and less than one-thousandth, explaining the repeating pattern of the place-value system.
- Where big and small numbers appear6.N.1 — Provide examples of contexts where large numbers and small decimals are used, connecting place value to media, science, medicine, and technology.
- Solving big-number problems6.N.2 — Solve problems involving large numbers using technology, choosing the operation and judging the reasonableness of the answer.
- Factors and multiples6.N.3 — Determine multiples and factors of numbers less than 100 using arrays and factor trees, and identify common factors and common multiples.
- Prime and composite numbers6.N.3 — Identify prime and composite numbers, explain why 0 and 1 are neither, and solve problems involving factors, multiples, greatest common factor, or lowest common multiple.
- Improper fractions and mixed numbers6.N.4 — Relate improper fractions to mixed numbers, expressing one as the other and placing them on a number line.
- Understanding ratio6.N.5 — Demonstrate an understanding of ratio concretely, pictorially, and symbolically, including part-to-part and part-to-whole ratios, and solve problems involving ratio.
- Understanding percent6.N.6 — Demonstrate an understanding of percent limited to whole numbers, expressing a percent as a fraction and a decimal, and solve problems involving percents.
- Understanding integers6.N.7 — Demonstrate an understanding of integers concretely, pictorially, and symbolically, comparing and ordering them on a number line.
- Multiplying and dividing decimals6.N.8 — Multiply and divide decimals (1-digit whole-number multipliers, 1-digit divisors, and multiples of 10) using personal strategies and the standard algorithms, connecting the algorithm to place value.
- Estimating and solving decimal problems6.N.8 — Estimate decimal products and quotients using front-end estimation to place the decimal point, and solve problems involving multiplication and division of decimals.
- Order of operations6.N.9 — Explain and apply the order of operations excluding exponents, limited to whole numbers, in multi-step problems.
The official wording — 9 outcomes in this unit
- 6.N.1
Demonstrate an understanding of place value for numbers � greater than one million � less than one-thousandth
- 6.N.2
Solve problems involving large numbers, using technology.
- 6.N.3
Demonstrate an understanding of factors and multiples by � determining multiples and factors of numbers less than 100
- 6.N.4
Relate improper fractions to mixed numbers.
- 6.N.5
Demonstrate an understanding of ratio, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
- 6.N.6
Demonstrate an understanding of percent (limited to whole numbers), concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
- 6.N.7
Demonstrate an understanding of integers, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
- 6.N.8
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication and division of decimals (involving 1-digit whole-number multipliers, 1-digit natural number divisors, and multipliers and divisors that are multiples of 10), concretely, pictorially, and symbolically, by � using personal strategies � using the standard algorithms
- 6.N.9
Explain and apply the order of operations, excluding exponents (limited to whole numbers).
Unit 2Patterns and RelationsOfficial strand · Strand PR
Relationships in tables of values, patterns represented with graphs and tables, generalizations with letter variables, and preservation of equality.
Patterns, Tables, and Graphs
- Relationships in tables of values6.PR.1 — Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within tables of values to solve problems, formulating a rule and predicting unknown terms.
- Patterns with graphs and tables6.PR.2 — Represent and describe patterns and relationships using graphs and tables, translating a pattern to a table and graphing it (linear, discrete).
- Generalizing with letter variables6.PR.3 — Represent generalizations from number relationships using equations with letter variables, including perimeter and area formulas and the commutative property.
- Preservation of equality6.PR.4 — Demonstrate and explain the meaning of preservation of equality concretely, pictorially, and symbolically, writing equivalent forms of an equation.
The official wording — 4 outcomes in this unit
- 6.PR.1
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within tables of values to solve problems.
- 6.PR.2
Represent and describe patterns and relationships using graphs and tables.
- 6.PR.3
Represent generalizations arising from number relationships using equations with letter variables.
- 6.PR.4
Demonstrate and explain the meaning of preservation of equality, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
Unit 3Shape and SpaceOfficial strand · Strand SS
Angles and interior-angle sums, perimeter/area/volume formulas, triangles and polygons, transformations, and first-quadrant coordinates.
Angles and Measurement
- Classifying and estimating angles6.SS.1 — Identify examples of angles in the environment, classify angles by their measure, and estimate the measure of an angle using 45°, 90°, and 180° as reference angles.
- Measuring and drawing angles6.SS.1 — Determine angle measures in degrees with a protractor, and draw and label angles of a specified measure in various orientations.
- Interior angle sums6.SS.2 — Demonstrate that the sum of interior angles is 180° in a triangle and 360° in a quadrilateral, using models to explain it holds for all such shapes.
- Perimeter and area formulas6.SS.3 — Develop and apply a formula for the perimeter of polygons and the area of rectangles, generalizing the rule from models.
- Volume of rectangular prisms6.SS.3 — Develop and apply a formula for the volume of right rectangular prisms, generalizing the rule from models and solving problems.
Geometry and Transformations
- Constructing and comparing triangles6.SS.4 — Construct and compare triangles (scalene, isosceles, equilateral, right, obtuse, acute) in different orientations, sorting by sides and by angles.
- Regular and irregular polygons6.SS.5 — Describe and compare the sides and angles of regular and irregular polygons, demonstrating congruence of sides and angles in regular polygons.
- Combinations of transformations6.SS.6 — Perform a combination of transformations (translations, rotations, or reflections) on a single 2-D shape, and draw and describe the image.
- Designs from transformations6.SS.7 — Perform a combination of successive transformations of 2-D shapes to create a design, and identify and describe the transformations used.
- Plotting in the first quadrant6.SS.8 — Identify and plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane using whole-number ordered pairs, and draw shapes from ordered pairs.
- Transformations on the coordinate grid6.SS.9 — Perform and describe single transformations of a 2-D shape in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, identifying the coordinates of the image's vertices.
The official wording — 9 outcomes in this unit
- 6.SS.1
Demonstrate an understanding of angles by � identifying examples of angles in the environment � classifying angles according to their measure � estimating the measure of angles using 45°, 90°, and 180° as reference angles
- 6.SS.2
Demonstrate that the sum of interior angles is � 180° in a triangle � 360° in a quadrilateral
- 6.SS.3
Develop and apply a formula for determining the � perimeter of polygons � area of rectangles
- 6.SS.4
Construct and compare triangles, including � scalene � isosceles � equilateral � right � obtuse � acute in different orientations.
- 6.SS.5
Describe and compare the sides and angles of regular and irregular polygons.
- 6.SS.6
Perform a combination of transformations (translations, rotations, or reflections) on a single 2-D shape, and draw and describe the image.
- 6.SS.7
Perform a combination of successive transformations of 2-D shapes to create a design, and identify and describe the transformations.
- 6.SS.8
Identify and plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane using whole-number ordered pairs.
- 6.SS.9
Perform and describe single transformations of a 2-D shape in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane (limited to whole-number vertices).
Unit 4Statistics and ProbabilityOfficial strand · Strand SP
Line graphs, methods of collecting data, graphing and analyzing collected data, and experimental versus theoretical probability.
Data and Probability
- Creating and interpreting line graphs6.SP.1 — Create, label, and interpret line graphs to draw conclusions, distinguishing continuous data suited to a line graph from discrete data.
- Choosing how to collect data6.SP.2 — Select, justify, and use appropriate methods of collecting data, including questionnaires, experiments, databases, and electronic media.
- Graphing and analyzing data6.SP.3 — Graph collected data and analyze the graph to solve problems, justifying the choice of graph.
- Experimental and theoretical probability6.SP.4 — Demonstrate an understanding of probability by listing outcomes, differentiating experimental from theoretical probability, and comparing experimental results with theoretical probability.
The official wording — 4 outcomes in this unit
- 6.SP.1
Create, label, and interpret line graphs to draw conclusions.
- 6.SP.2
Select, justify, and use appropriate methods of collecting data, including � questionnaires � experiments � databases � electronic media
- 6.SP.3
Graph collected data and analyze the graph to solve problems.
- 6.SP.4
Demonstrate an understanding of probability by � identifying all possible outcomes of a probability experiment � differentiating between experimental and theoretical probability � determining the theoretical probability of outcomes in a probability experiment � determining the experimental probability of outcomes in a probability experiment � comparing experimental results with the theoretical probability for an experiment
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The official source is linked on this page — Manitoba's official curriculum. The outline here follows it: every MapleMind skill carries its official outcome code, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit.
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