6th Grade Math: the year at a glance
9 units · 41 lessons · based on Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 6 — typical US scope & sequence. Every unit ends with a review & assessment day.
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Unit 1: Area & surface area 6.G.A.1
Find areas of triangles, parallelograms and polygons by composing and decomposing · Find surface area with nets
- Area of parallelograms6.G.A.1
- Area of triangles6.G.A.1
- Polygons by decomposing6.G.A.1
- Nets and surface area6.G.A.4
- Volume with fractional edges6.G.A.2
- Review & assessment
Unit 2: Ratios & rates 6.RP.A.3
Use ratio language and tables, tape diagrams and double number lines · Find unit rates and solve rate problems
- Ratio language6.RP.A.1
- Equivalent ratios6.RP.A.3a
- Unit rates6.RP.A.2
- Speed and constant rates6.RP.A.3b
- Tape diagrams6.RP.A.3
- Converting units with ratios6.RP.A.3d
- Review & assessment
Unit 3: Percents 6.RP.A.3c
Understand percent as a rate per 100 · Find a percent of a quantity and the whole from a part
- What is a percent?6.RP.A.3c
- Percent of a number6.RP.A.3c
- Finding the whole6.RP.A.3c
- Review & assessment
Unit 4: Dividing fractions 6.NS.A.1
Divide fractions by fractions with models and equations · Solve word problems with fraction division
- What does division mean?6.NS.A.1
- Common denominators6.NS.A.1
- Multiply by the reciprocal6.NS.A.1
- Fraction division problems6.NS.A.1
- Review & assessment
Unit 5: Decimals, factors & multiples 6.NS.B.3
Fluently compute with multi-digit decimals and whole numbers · Find GCF and LCM
- Long division6.NS.B.2
- Decimal operations6.NS.B.3
- Greatest common factor6.NS.B.4
- Least common multiple6.NS.B.4
- Review & assessment
Unit 6: Rational numbers 6.NS.C.6
Understand positive and negative numbers in context · Order rational numbers and find absolute value · Graph in all four quadrants
- Negative numbers in context6.NS.C.5
- Opposites and the number line6.NS.C.6a
- Ordering and absolute value6.NS.C.7
- Four-quadrant coordinate plane6.NS.C.8
- Review & assessment
Unit 7: Expressions 6.EE.A.2
Write, read and evaluate expressions with variables and exponents · Generate equivalent expressions
- Exponents6.EE.A.1
- Order of operations6.EE.A.1
- Writing expressions with variables6.EE.A.2a
- Evaluating expressions6.EE.A.2c
- Equivalent expressions6.EE.A.3
- Review & assessment
Unit 8: Equations & inequalities 6.EE.B.7
Solve one-step equations · Write and graph inequalities · Analyze relationships between dependent and independent variables
- What is a solution?6.EE.B.5
- Solving one-step equations6.EE.B.7
- Inequalities6.EE.B.8
- Dependent and independent variables6.EE.C.9
- Review & assessment
Unit 9: Statistics 6.SP.B.5
Recognize statistical questions · Describe distributions with center and spread · Make dot plots, histograms and box plots
- Statistical questions6.SP.A.1
- Dot plots and histograms6.SP.B.4
- Mean as fair share6.SP.A.3
- Median and IQR6.SP.B.5c
- Box plots6.SP.B.4
- Data project6.SP.B.5
- Review & assessment