ctivities in the Mathematics grade 6 series cover:
| Number Sense and Numeration |
- Reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000
- Place value to 1,000,000
- Expressing numbers in standard and expanded form
- Four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) using 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers
- Comparing and ordering whole numbers
- Special types of numbers (odd/even, prime/composite)
- Rounding off whole numbers
- Order of operations
- Working with fractions- proper, improper, and mixed numbers
- HCF (Highest Common Factor)
- LCM ( Lowest Common Multiple)
- Four operations ( addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) using fractions
- Fractions and decimals
- Place value system of decimals
- Rounding decimal numbers off
- Four operations ( addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) using decimals
- Introduction to percentage
- Working with percentages
- Introduction to ratio and proportion
- Working with ratios and proportions
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| Measurement |
- Read and write monetary values- extending knowledge to include values up to $10,000.00
- Review concepts related to time
- Review concepts related to distance & speed
- Metric system units (linear, capacity & mass)
- Review of perimeter concepts
- Calculating perimeter of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles
- Review of area concepts
- Calculating area of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles
- Review of volume concepts
- Calculating volume of rectangular prisms
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| Geometry & Spatial Sense |
- Review of the terms and components that are used in geometry
- Review of the tools which are used in Geometry
- Angles: what an angle is, drawing & measure, classifications of angles
- Classifications of polygons
- Comparing geometric shapes and/or polygons- congruent and symmetrical
- Transformational geometry
- Introduction to the Cartesian plane
- Plotting coordinates in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane
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| Patterning & Algebra |
- Mathematical relationships in number patterns
- Analyzing number patterns and identifying their ‘patterning’ rules
- Creating number pattern
- Concepts of algebra- variables, algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities
- Solving simple equations and inequalities
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| Data Management & Probability |
- Data and statistics
- Graphing- types and their uses
- Interpreting graphs
- The concepts of probability
- Calculating the probability of an event’s occurrence
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| Problem Solving |
- The rationale for problem solving and the important role it plays in everyday life
- The processes required to solve problems
- The various strategies that can be used to solve problems- depending upon the type of the problem you are challenged with
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Also see: Grade 6 English Curriculum
