Sixth Grade Math

 

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6.RP.A.1

Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”

1   Describing ratios

2  Expressing ratios as fractions

1.         Visualize part-to-part ratios using pictures

2.         Visualize part-to-total ratios using pictures

3.         Classify ratios using a decision tree

4.         Describe a picture using ratio language

7*1, 8*6, 8*7, 8*8, 8*9, 8*10

 

6.RP.A.2

Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. For example, “This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar.” “We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.”1

1   Rate problems 0.5

2  Ratio word problems

1.         Understand rates as a type of ratio

2.         Create unit rate using diagram

3.         Create unit rate using tape diagram

4.         Define unit rate using double number line

3*5, 3*6, 8*1, 8*2, 8*4, 8*9, 8*11

 

6.RP.A.3

Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

1   Finding percents

2  Percentage word problems 1

3  Rate problems 0.5

4  Ratio word problems

5  Solving ratio problems with tables

6  Units

 

3*5, 3*6, 3*10, 8*1, 8*2, 8*3, 8*4, 8*5, 8*6, 8*7, 8*8, 8*9, 8*11, 8*12

 

6.RP.A.3a

Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole-number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.

1  Solving ratio problems with tables

1.         Solve missing values in ratio problems using a table

2.         Solve missing values in ratio problems using a double number line

3.         Solve missing values in ratio problems using multiplicative reasoning

4.         Graph ratios using a table

5.         Solve ratio problems using tables and addition

6.         Solve ratio problems using tables and multiplication

7.         Solve ratio problems using double number lines

8.         Solve ratio problems using a tape diagram

9.         Solve ratio problems by graphing on a coordinate plane

10.      Choose a strategy to solve ratio problems

 

3*5, 3*10, 9*7, 9*8

 

6.RP.A.3b

Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed. For example, if it took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns, then at that rate, how many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours? At what rate were lawns being mowed?

1   Rate problems 0.5

2  Ratio word problems

1.         Solve for missing values in rate problems using a table

2.         Solve rate problems using double number lines

3.         Solve rate problems using multiplicative reasoning

4.         Graphing rate problems using a table

 

3*5, 3*6, 8*1, 8*2, 8*3, 8*4

 

6.RP.A.3c

Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

1   Finding percents

2  Percentage word problems 1

1.         Define percents as ratios

2.         Visualize percents using 10x10 grids

3.         Compare ratios using tables and percents

4.         Find the part when the percent and total are known

4*8, 4*9, 4*11, 8*5, 8*7

 

6.RP.A.3d

Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.

1  Units

Convert measurement units using ratio tables

1*11, 3*4, 8*2, 8*3, 8*4, 8*9

 

6.NS.A.1

Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, create a story context for (2/3) ÷ (3/4) and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (2/3) ÷ (3/4) = 8/9 because 3/4 of 8/9 is 2/3. (In general, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = ad/bc.) How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 3/4-cup servings are in 2/3 of a cup of yogurt? How wide is a rectangular strip of land with length 3/4 mi and area 1/2 square mi?.

1   Dividing fractions word problems 2

2  Understanding dividing fractions by fractions

1.         Interpret quotient of a fractional division problem

2.         Divide a whole number by a fraction

3.         Divide a fraction by a whole number

4.         Compute quotients of fractions in real-world problems

6*2, 6*5, 6*7

 

6.NS.B.2

Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

1  Multi-digit division

1.         Divide with two-digit divisors using base ten blocks

2.         Divide with three-digit divisors using the area model

3.         Divide with three-digit divisors using the standard algorithm

2*7, 2*8, 3*5, 8*1 Algorithm Project 4

 

6.NS.B.3

Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

1   Adding and subtracting decimals word problems

2  Adding decimals 2

3  Dividing decimals 1

4  Dividing decimals 2

5  Dividing decimals 4

6  Multiplying decimals

1.         Divide with two-digit divisors using base ten blocks

2.         Divide with three-digit divisors using the area model

3.         Divide with three-digit divisors using the standard algorithm

2*3, 2*5, 2*6, 2*8, 2*10, 3*3, 6*12, 8*2 Algorithm Projects 1, 2, 3, and 4

 

6.NS.B.4

Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12. Use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1–100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor. For example, express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2)..

1   Distributive property

2  Greatest common divisor

3  LCM and GCD word problems

4  Least common multiple

1.         Answer word problems by listing factor pairs

2.         Find GCF by listing factor pairs

3.         Find LCM of two numbers by listing the multiples of each

4.         Write multiples of a sum using a visual model

3*7, 4*1, 4*2, 4*3, 9*2, 9*5, 9*8

 

6.NS.C.5

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.

1  Negative number word problems

1.         Relate positive and negative quantities

2.         Relate positive and negative quantities; apply to elevation

3.         Relate positive and negative quantities; apply to temperature

4.         Relate positive and negative quantities; apply to bank balance

1*5a, 1*7, 1*11, 3*7, 3*10, 6*3, 6*4, 6*4a, 6*6

 

6.NS.C.6

Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.

1   Fractions on the number line 3

2  Graphing points and naming quadrants

3  Negative numbers on the number line

4  Number line 3

5  Number opposites

6  Points on the coordinate plane

7  Reflecting points

 

3*10, 5*4, 5*5, 6*3, 6*5

 

6.NS.C.6a

Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., –(–3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite.

1   Negative numbers on the number line

2  Number line 3

3  Number opposites

1.         Understand the opposite of a number by looking at a number line

2.         Understand the opposites of fractions by looking at a number line

3.         Rewrite a fraction as a decimal using division

 

3*1, 6*3, 6*5

 

6.NS.C.6b

Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes.

1   Graphing points and naming quadrants

2  Points on the coordinate plane

1.         Understand the opposite of a number by looking at a number line

2.         Understand the opposites of fractions by looking at a number line

3.         Rewrite a fraction as a decimal using division

 

5*4, 5*5, 5*7, 5*9, 10*2

 

6.NS.C.6c

Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.

1   Decimals on the number line 3

2  Graphing points and naming quadrants

3  Negative numbers on the number line

4  Number line 3

5  Points on the coordinate plane

6  Reflecting points

Rewrite a fraction as a repeating decimal using division

1*6, 1*10, 2*2, 3*1, 3*5, 3*10, 5*4, 5*5, 6*3, 6*5, 7*1

 

6.NS.C.7

Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.

1   Absolute value word problems

2  Comparing absolute values

3  Finding absolute values

4  Ordering negative numbers

 

4*2, 6*3, 6*4a, 6*5, 6*8, 8*6, 8*8

 

6.NS.C.7a

Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram. For example, interpret –3 > –7 as a statement that –3 is located to the right of –7 on a number line oriented from left to right.

 

1.         Understand the relationship between two numbers using a number line

2.         Understand the relationship between two negative numbers using a number lines

1*6, 2*2, 6*3, 6*4a, 6*5

 

6.NS.C.7b

Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts. For example, write –3 oC > –7 oC to express the fact that –3 oC is warmer than –7 oC.

1  Writing numerical inequalities

1.         Compare two positive or negative numbers in real-world situations

2.         Compare more than two positive or negative numbers in real-world situations

1*11, 3*9, 6*3, 6*5

 

6.NS.C.7c

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.

1   Absolute value word problems

2  Comparing absolute values

3  Finding absolute values

4  Ordering negative numbers

1.         Find absolute value using a number line

2.         Use a number line to understand the relationship between rational numbers and absolute value

3.         Describe negative values with words

6*3, 6*4a, 6*5, 6*8

 

6.NS.C.7d

Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than –30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars.

1  Absolute value word problems

Interpret absolute value in real-world situations

6*4a, 6*5, 6*8

 

6.NS.C.8

Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.

1  Coordinate plane word problems in all four quadrants

1.         Graph points in any quadrant

2.         Write coordinate pairs for points

3.         Use absolute value to find distances between points

4.         Find the distance between two points in different quadrants

1*7, 1*8, 1*10, 3*5, 3*6, 3*10, 5*4, 5*5, 5*6, 6*4a, 6*8, 8*11, 9*10, 10*2

 

6.EE.A.1

Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.

1   Positive and zero exponents

2  Writing numerical expressions with exponents word problems

1.         Write numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents

2.         Evaluate numerical expressions by using whole-number exponents

3.         Write numerical expressions using area and volume models

4.         Evaluate a numerical expression using Order of Operations

2*4, 2*9, 2*10, 2*11, 3*6, 6*6, 9*8, 9*9, 9*11, 9*12

 

6.EE.A.2

Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.

1   Evaluating expressions with variables word problems

2  Writing expressions

3  Writing expressions 2

4  Writing expressions with variables word problems

5  Writing numerical expressions with exponents

 

3*1, 3*2, 3*3, 3*4, 3*5, 3*6, 3*8, 4*5, 4*7, 6*5, 7*8, 9*2, 9*3, 9*4

 

6.EE.A.2a

Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract y from 5” as 5 – y.

1   Writing expressions

2  Writing expressions 2

3  Writing expressions with variables word problems

Read and write an algebraic expression containing a variable

3*1, 3*2, 3*3, 3*4, 4*5, 7*8, 9*11

 

6.EE.A.2b

Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity. For example, describe the expression 2 (8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms.

1   Identifying parts of expressions

2  Writing expressions

3  Writing expressions 2

1.         Use alternative notation for multiplication and division in algebraic expressions

2.         Read and write algebraic expressions using parentheses

2*5, 2*7, 3*1, 6*8, 6*11, 9*2, 9*3, 9*4

 

6.EE.A.2c

Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = 6 s2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.

1   Evaluating expressions in 2 variables

2  Evaluating expressions in one variable

3  Evaluating expressions with variables word problems

Evaluate one-step algebraic expressions by substitution

1*8, 3*1, 3*2, 3*3, 3*4, 3*5, 3*6, 3*8, 4*5, 4*7, 6*6, 6*7, 9*8, 9*9, 9*10, 9*11, 9*12

 

6.EE.A.3

Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y.

1  Equivalent forms of expressions 1

1.         Combine like terms using commutative and associative properties

2.         Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms

3.         Apply distributive property by using a visual model

4.         Simplify algebraic expressions by applying the distributive property

9*1, 9*2, 9*3, 9*4

 

6.EE.A.4

Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for..

1  Equivalent forms of expressions 1

1.         Write equivalent expressions using visual/area model

2.         learnzillion.com/lessons/653-read-and-write-equivalent-expressions-with-variables-and-exponents

3.         Write equivalent expressions by combining like terms

9*3, 9*4, 9*5

 

6.EE.B.5

Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.

1  Solving equations and inequalities through substitution

1.         Understand that equations have one solution using a pan balance

2.         Understand that equations have one solution using a number line

3.         Understand that an inequality has more than one solution using a pan balance

4.         Understand that inequalities have more than one solution using a number line

3*8, 4*1, 6*8, 6*9, 6*10, 6*11, 6*12, 8*3, 9*5, 9*6

 

6.EE.B.6

Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.

1   Constructing and solving equations in the real world 1

2  Inequalities in one variable 1

1.         Understand how variables are used

2.         Write algebraic expressions using addition and subtraction

3.         Write algebraic expressions using multiplication and division

4.         Write multi-step algebraic expressions

3*1, 3*2, 3*3, 3*5, 6*12, 7*8

 

6.EE.B.7

Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.

1   Constructing and solving equations in the real world 1

2  One step equation intuition

3  One step equations

4  One-step equations with multiplication

1.         Write and solve addition equations using a bar model

2.         Write and solve subtraction equations using a bar model

3.         Write and solve multiplication equations using a bar model

4.         Write and solve division equations using a bar model

6*8, 6*10, 6*11, 8*3, 9*6

 

6.EE.B.8

Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.

1   Inequalities in one variable 1

2  Inequalities on a number line

1.         Graph an inequality

2.         Compare inequalities

3.         Write and graph inequalities: shopping

4.         Write and graph inequalities: temperature

6*12, 7*1, 7*5, 7*7

 

6.EE.C.9

Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. For example, in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d = 65t to represent the relationship between distance and time.

1  Dependent and independent variables

1.         Identify independent and dependent variables

2.         Relate independent and dependent variables using a function table

3.         Show the relationship between variables using a graph

4.         Relate variables using an equation

1*10, 3*5, 3*6, 9*7, 9*8

 

6.G.A.1

Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

1   Area of parallelograms

2  Area of quadrilaterals and polygons

3  Area of trapezoids, rhombi, and kites

4  Area of triangles

5  Area problems

6  Composing and decomposing shapes

1.         Find the area of a parallelogram by decomposing

2.         learnzillion.com/lessons/1883-find-the-area-of-a-right-triangle

3.         Find the area of non-right triangles by composing a parallelogram

4.         Find the area of a trapezoid by composing a parallelogram

1*10, 3*4, 6*7, 9*8 Project 9

 

6.G.A.2

Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = l w h and V = b h to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

1  Volume word problems with fractions

1.         Find the volume of a rectangular prism by filling it with unit cubes

2.         Find the volume of a rectangular prism by developing a formula

3.         Find the volume of a rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths

6*4a, 9*9, 9*10, 9*11 Project 9

 

6.G.A.3

Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

1   Drawing polygons

2  Polygons in the coordinate plane

1.         Draw polygons using given coordinates as vertices

2.         Find perimeter and area by finding the length of sides by comparing coordinates

3.         Determine unknown ordered pairs using the characteristics of polygons

4.         Find distances on a map by comparing ordered pairs

1*6, 3*5, 5*4, 5*6, 10*2

 

6.G.A.4

Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

1   Nets of 3D figures

2  Surface area

1.         Identify the parts of three-dimensional solids

2.         Represent three-dimensional figures with nets

3.         Analyze rectangular prisms to find surface area - Part 1

4.         Analyze rectangular prisms to find surface area - Part 2

9*8, 9*11 Project 9

 

6.SP.A.1

Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students’ ages.

 

 

1*2, 1*3, 1*7

 

6.SP.A.2

Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.

 

1.         Find the mean by equally distributing objects

2.         Find the median by elimination

3.         Find range using graphs and charts

4.         Describe the shape of a dot plot

1*2, 1*3, 1*4, 1*5a, 1*7

 

6.SP.A.3

Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.

 

1.         Express mean, median, and mode

2.         Choose the most appropriate measure of center

3.         Distinguish between measure of center and measure of variance

4.         Solve a real-world problem involving measures of center and variance

1*2, 1*3, 1*4, 1*5a

Project 10

 

6.SP.B.4

Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

1  Creating box and whisker plots

 

1*2, 1*5a, 1*7, 2*1, 2*3, 2*7, 3*4

 

6.SP.B.5

Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:

1   Mean, median, and mode

2  Reading bar charts 1

3  Reading bar charts 2

4  Reading bar charts 3

5  Reading pictographs 1

6  Reading pictographs 2

7  Reading tables 1

8  Reading tables 2

 

 

6.SP.B.5a

Reporting the number of observations.

1   Reading bar charts 1

2  Reading pictographs 1

3  Reading pictographs 2

4  Reading tables 1

Determine the number of observation in a set of data by looking at histograms and line plots

1*2, 1*3, 1*7

 

6.SP.B.5b

Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.

 

1.         Describe attributes of a data set by analyzing line plots, histograms, and box plots

2.         Describe attributes of a data set by analyzing line plots, histograms, and box plots

1*2, 1*11, 1*12

 

6.SP.B.5c

Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.

1  Mean, median, and mode

Describe the spread of data by finding range, interquartile range, and mean absolute deviation

 

1*2, 1*3, 1*4, 1*5a, 2*1, 3*4, 4*10 Project 10

 

6.SP.B.5d

Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.

 

 

1*4, 1*5, 1*5a, 1*6, 1*10, 1*12, 2*1

 

 

 


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