Course Description
Grade 6 mathematics is about connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and developing understanding of statistical thinking.
Core Curriculum Content Standards
PA Common Core: Mathematics (2013)
Numbers and Operations
GRADE 6
- Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.(2.1.6.D1)
- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.(2.1.6.E1)
- Identify and choose appropriate processes to compute fluently with multi-digit numbers.(2.1.6.E2)
- Develop and/or apply number theory concepts to find common factors and multiples.(2.1.6.E3)
- Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.(2.1.6.E4)
Algebraic Concepts
GRADE 6
- Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.(2.2.6.B1)
- Understand the process of solving a one-variable equation or inequality and apply to real-world and mathematical problems.(2.2.6.B2)
- Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.(2.2.6.B3)
Geometry
GRADE 6
- Apply appropriate tools to solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.(2.3.6.A1)
Measurement, Data and Probability
GRADE 6
- Demonstrate anunderstanding ofstatistical variability bydisplaying, analyzing,and summarizingdistributions.(2.4.6.B1)
Mathematics
Grade 6
The Number System
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions byfractions.
- Solve real-world andmathematical problems involvingdivision of fractions.(M.06.A-N.1.1)
Compute with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
- Compute with multi-digitnumbers using the fourarithmetic operations with orwithout a calculator.(M.06.A-N.2.1)
- Apply number theory concepts(specifically, factors andmultiples).(M.06.A-N.2.2)
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
- Understand that positive andnegative numbers are usedtogether to describe quantitieshaving opposite directions orvalues and locations on thenumber line and coordinateplane.(M.06.A-N.3.1)
- Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.(M.06.A-N.3.2)
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
- Represent and/or solve realworld and mathematical problems using rates, ratios, and/or percents.(M.06.A-R.1.1)
Expressions and Equations
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to numerical and algebraic expressions.
- Identify, write, and evaluate numerical and algebraic expressions.(M.06.B-E.1.1)
Interpret and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
- Create, solve, and interpret onevariable equations or inequalities in real-world and mathematical problems.(M.06.B-E.2.1)
Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
- Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another.(M.06.B-E.3.1)
Geometry
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
- Find area, surface area, and volume by applying formulas and using various strategies.(M.06.C-G.1.1)
Statistics and Probability
Demonstrate understanding of statistical variability by summarizing and describing distributions.
- Display, analyze, and summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.(M.06.D-S.1.1)
Units
Unit #1 - M4: Expressions and Equations
Unit #2 - M2: Arithmetic Operations Including Division of Fractions
Unit #3 - M3: Rational Numbers
Unit #4 - M1: Ratios and Unit Rates
Unit #5 - M5: Area, Surface Area, and Volume Problems
Unit #6 - M6: Statistics
Course Resources
Eureka Teacher Manual
Student Eureka Packets
Linking cubes
Hands on Equations boxes
Meter sticks