Concepts/Skills to maintain from previous grades:

•          Operations with decimal and fractions

•          Addition and subtraction of common fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12.

•          Modeling multiplication of common fractions

•          Modeling percent

•          Graphing data

•          Multiples and factors

•          Perimeter, capacity, and area of geometric figures

•          Evaluating algebraic expressions

By the end of Mathematics 6, students will understand the following concepts:

•          four arithmetic operations as they relate to positive rational numbers

•          convert between and compute with different forms of rational numbers

•          the concept of ratio and solve problems using proportional reasoning

•          understand and use line and rotational symmetry

•          determine the surface area and volume of solid figures 34

•          use variables to represent unknown quantities in formulae, algebraic expressions and equations

•          utilize data to make predictions

•          determine the experimental and theoretical probability of a given event

Textbook(s) Information :

Advanced Level: Course 2, Holt (2007)

On-Level: Course 1, Pearson, (2008)

Accelerated (year ahead): Course 1, Pearson, (2008)

Advanced Accelerated: Course 2, Holt (2007)

All Levels: Connected Mathematics 2, Pearson (2006)