Grade 6 Math
15 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Strands and outcomes
- Number (N6.1–N6.9): Demonstrate understanding of place value. Demonstrate understanding of factors and multiples. Demonstrate understanding of the order of operations on whole numbers (excluding exponents) with and without… (and 6 more outcomes)
- Patterns and Relations (P6.1–P6.3): Extend understanding of patterns and relationships in tables of values and graphs. Extend understanding of preservation of equality concretely, pictorially, physically, and symbolically. Extend understanding of patterns and relationships by using expressions and equations involving variables.
- Shape and Space (SS6.1–SS6.5): Demonstrate understanding of angles. Extend and apply understanding of perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles, and volume of right rectangular… Demonstrate understanding of regular and irregular polygons. (and 2 more outcomes)
- Statistics and Probability (SP6.1–SP6.2): Extend understanding of data analysis to include. Demonstrate understanding of probability.
Units
Unit 1
Thousandths to Billions
Reading, writing, comparing and rounding numbers from thousandths (0.001) up to billions, including multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.
Outcome: N6.1 · place value for numbers greater than a million and less than a thousandth
Unit 2
Facts & Factors
Quick recall of multiplication and division facts, plus factors, multiples and prime numbers, the greatest common factor (GCF) and least common multiple (LCM), and word problems that use them.
Outcome: N6.2 · factors and multiples
Unit 3
Decimal × and ÷
Multiplying and dividing decimals, estimating to check where the decimal point goes, and solving shopping and measurement problems.
Outcome: N6.4 · multiplying and dividing decimals
Unit 4
Percents & Budgets
Finding percents of amounts, working out sale prices and savings, comparing unit prices to find the better buy, and planning a simple budget and savings goal.
Outcome: N6.5 · percent, with whole numbers to 100
Unit 5
Integers & Decimals
Meeting negative numbers on a number line, comparing and ordering integers, decimals and fractions, working with thousandths, and rounding decimals.
Outcome: N6.6 · integers
Unit 6
Mixed Numbers & Ratios
Switching between improper fractions (like 13/5) and mixed numbers (2 3/5), placing them on a number line, and writing and using ratios such as 3:4 in tables and word problems.
Outcome: N6.7, N6.8 · improper fractions, mixed numbers and ratio
Unit 7
Patterns & Graphs
Describing growing and shrinking patterns with rules like 3n + 2, using tables and graphs to predict values, and reading change over time from line graphs.
Outcome: P6.1 · patterns and relationships in tables of values and graphs
Unit 8
Equations
Using the order of operations (brackets, then × and ÷, then + and −) and solving one-step equations like 6n = 42 with inverse operations, including writing equations for word problems.
Outcome: P6.2, P6.3 · preservation of equality, and expressions and equations with variables
Unit 9
Angles & Triangles
Estimating and classifying angles (acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex), finding missing angles on a line and in triangles, and classifying triangles by their sides and angles.
Outcome: SS6.1, SS6.3 · angles, and classifying triangles and polygons
Unit 10
Perimeter & Area
Finding the perimeter of L-shapes and other polygons, and the area of triangles (b × h ÷ 2), parallelograms (b × h) and trapezoids ((a + b) × h ÷ 2), including working backwards to a missing measurement.
Outcome: SS6.2 · perimeter of polygons and area of rectangles
Unit 11
Volume & Capacity
Finding the volume of rectangular prisms, converting between litres and millilitres, and connecting volume to capacity (1 cm³ holds 1 mL).
Outcome: SS6.2 · volume of right rectangular prisms
Unit 12
Quadrilaterals & Grids
Properties of quadrilaterals (symmetry and diagonals), top and front views, coordinates in all four quadrants, and combining slides and flips.
Outcome: SS6.4 · the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane and ordered pairs
Unit 13
Transformations
Translating, reflecting and rotating points and shapes on a coordinate grid, and combining two transformations in a row.
Outcome: SS6.5 · single and combined transformations of 2-D shapes
Unit 14
Data & Graphs
Telling discrete data (counted) from continuous data (measured), reading histograms and line graphs, finding the range, and spotting misleading graphs.
Outcome: SP6.1 · data analysis, including line graphs
Unit 15
Probability
Writing probabilities as fractions for spinners, dice and marbles, comparing theoretical probability with experimental results, and making predictions from data.
Outcome: SP6.2 · sample space and experimental and theoretical probability
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