MA6 Essential Skills

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Math Essential Skills for Level 6

Student will be able to:

Represent, describe, and analyze geometric and numeric patterns using tables, words, symbols, concrete objects, or pictures. Math Standard 2.1a
Solve problems by representing and analyzing patterns using tables, words, concrete objects, symbols, or pictures. Math Standard 2.2a
Find and use measures of central tendency including mean, median, and mode. Math Standard 3.2a
Analyze data and draw conclusions to predict outcomes based on data displays such as line graphs, bar graphs, or frequency tables. Math Standard 3.4a
Solve problems involving areas of polygons (squares, rectangle) (rhombus and parallelogram – Lessons 10.1, 10.2.) Math Standard 4.5b
Read and interpret scales on number lines, graphs, and maps. Math Standard 5.3a
Use formulas and/or procedures to solve problems involving the perimeter of a polygon. Math Standard 5.4a
Demonstrate proficiency with the four basic operations using whole numbers. Math Standard 6.2d

Student will be able to:

Predict and describe how a change in one quantity results in a change in another quantity in a linear relationship. (For example, a creature gains 3 oz. a day; how much will it have gained over 10 days?). Math Standard 2.3a
Solve problems using tables, concrete objects, or pictures involving linear relationships with whole numbers. Math Standard 2.5a
Organize and construct a line graph, bar graph, and frequency table from a given set of data. Math Standard 3.1a
Read, interpret and draw conclusions from a line graph, bar graph, circle graph, and frequency table. Math Standard 3.1b
Plot points on a coordinate graph in quadrant 1. Math Standard 4.4a
Solve problems involving the perimeter of polygons. Math Standard 4.5a
Use formulas and/or procedures to solve problems involving the area of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombus, and triangles. Math Standard 5.4b

Student will be able to:

Use physical materials or pictures to demonstrate the meaning and equivalence of fractions, decimals and/or percents. (Example: Write the fraction, decimal, and percent value for the shaded portion of a partially shaded circle.) Math Standard 1.1b
Identify and use the concepts of factor, multiple, prime, composite, and square numbers. Math Standard 1.3a
Describe numbers by characteristics (divisibility, even, odd, prime, composite, square.) Math Standard 1.3b
Demonstrate equivalence relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents in problem solving situations (i.e. two students out of eight is the same as 25%.) Math Standard 1.4a
Use number sense to estimate, determine, and justify the reasonableness of solutions involving whole numbers, decimals, and common fractions (only sums and differences for fractions and decimals – i.e. Is 1/2 + 1/3 closer to 0, 1/2, or 1?) Math Standard 1.6a
Use and explain strategies to add/subtract decimals and fractions in problem solving situations (common fractions with like and unlike denominators, mixed numbers, and decimals to thousandth). Math Standard 6.2b
Apply appropriate computation methods to solve problems involving whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals (use only addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals). Math Standard 6.4a
In problem solving situation, determine whether the results are reasonable and justify those results with accurate computation. Math Standard 6.4b

Student will be able to:

Determine the number of possible outcomes for simple events using a variety of methods such as: organized lists or tree diagrams. Math Standard 3.7a
Identify, compare, and analyze the attributes of two and three-dimensional shapes and develop vocabulary to describe these attributes (for example: acute, obtuse, right angle, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, intersecting lines, and line segments.) Math Standard 4.2a
Identify congruent shapes using reflections, rotations, and translations. Math Standard 4.6a