Mathematics Standards Grade 6
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Grade Appropriate General Resources
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This site offers interactive math problems families can use to help children understand estimation, volume, and other important mathematical concepts. Although this site is intended for families, it is a gold mind of thinking projects that could be used in the classroom. |
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Play online math games like Math Wheel (math terms), Jeopardy (addition), and Finding Nemo (direction) or generate custom math worksheets on topics such as telling time, fractions, money, and many more! |
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Resources Applicable to District Standards
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Number Sense Through Operations |
§ Adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides positive fractions § Interprets and uses ratios in different contexts § Uses proportions, ratios, fractions and percentages to solve problems § Calculates given percentages of quantities and solves problems involving discounts § Determines the LCM and GCF of whole numbers § Multiplies and divides fractions, decimals: money and percents § Solves problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division § Adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides positive and negative integers § Compares and orders positive and negative fractions, decimals and mixed numbers on a number line |
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Statistics and Probability |
§ Computes the mean, median and mode of data sets § Uses data samples of a population and describes the characteristics and limitations of the samples § Identifies claims based on statistical data and evaluates the validity of a statistical claim § Represents all possible outcomes for compound events in an organized way and expresses them as a theoretical probability § Represents probabilities as rations, proportions, decimals and percentages and verifies that they are reasonable § Knows that 1-P is the probability of an event not occurring |
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Algebra and Functions |
§ Understands, solves and writes simple one-variable equations and identifies a solution sentence equivalent to a problem § Uses tables, graphs and rules to solve problems involving rates and proportion § Demonstrates that rate is a measure of one quantity per unit value of another quantity |
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Geometry and Measurement |
§ Understands the concept of a constant such as ∏ (pi) § Knows the formula for the circumference and area of a circle § Determines measurements indirectly from scale drawings § Converts units from within the same system § Identifies angles as vertical, adjacent, complementary or supplementary |
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Mathematical Reasoning |
§ Uses strategies, skills and concepts in finding solutions § Determines when and how to break a problem into simpler parts § Makes decisions about how to approach a problem |
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Updated August 17, 2007