🔢 6th grade Math

Units

1. Unit 1

   ➖Integers & Decimals

   Meeting negative numbers on a number line, comparing and ordering integers, decimals and fractions, working with thousandths, and rounding decimals.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.2(B); 6.2(C); 6.2(D) · integers and rational numbers: opposites, absolute value, and ordering on a number line

2. Unit 2

   🧮Decimal × and ÷

   Multiplying and dividing decimals, estimating to check where the decimal point goes, and solving shopping and measurement problems.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.3(E) · multiplying and dividing decimals fluently

3. Unit 3

   ➗Dividing Fractions

   Dividing a fraction by a fraction by multiplying by the reciprocal, and solving “how many servings” and “how many pieces” problems.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.3(A); 6.3(E) · dividing fractions by multiplying by the reciprocal

4. Unit 4

   🍕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.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.4(C); 6.5(A) · ratios as comparisons of two quantities, and problems with ratio tables

5. Unit 5

   🏷️Unit Rates

   Finding unit rates and unit prices, choosing the better buy, completing rate tables, and converting measurement units with ratios.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.4(B); 6.4(D); 6.4(H) · rates and unit rates, and converting units with ratios

6. Unit 6

   🏷️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.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.4(G); 6.5(B) · equivalent fractions, decimals and percents, and finding the part, the whole or the percent

7. 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.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.6(A); 6.6(B); 6.6(C) · independent and dependent quantities in tables, graphs and equations

8. Unit 8

   ⚡Powers and Common Factors

   Reading and writing powers such as 3⁴, evaluating them, order of operations with powers, writing prime factorizations with exponents, and finding common factors and the greatest common factor.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.7(A) · whole-number exponents and prime factorization

9. Unit 9

   ✖️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.

   TEKS student expectation: 6.7(A) · factors, multiples and prime factorization

10. Unit 10

    🔤Algebra Moves

    Combining like terms such as 3x + 5x, evaluating expressions, and finding values that make an inequality true and showing them on a number line.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.7(D); 6.9(B) · equivalent expressions, and showing solutions to inequalities on a number line

11. Unit 11

    ⚖️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.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.9(A); 6.10(A) · writing and solving one-step equations

12. Unit 12

    🔺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.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.8(A) · the angle sum of a triangle and classifying triangles

13. Unit 13

    📐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.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.8(B); 6.8(D) · area of parallelograms, trapezoids and triangles

14. Unit 14

    🧊Volume & Capacity

    Finding the volume of rectangular prisms, converting between liters and milliliters, and connecting volume to capacity (1 cm³ holds 1 mL).

    TEKS student expectation: 6.8(C); 6.8(D) · volume of rectangular prisms

15. Unit 15

    ➕Four Quadrants

    Plotting and naming points in all four quadrants, reflecting points across an axis, and finding distances and areas on the coordinate plane.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.11 · graphing points in all four quadrants

16. Unit 16

    📈Data & Graphs

    Telling discrete data (counted) from continuous data (measured), reading histograms and line graphs, finding the range, and spotting misleading graphs.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.12(A); 6.13(A) · dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots and histograms, and reading them

17. Unit 17

    📊Center & Spread

    Telling a statistical question from a regular question, and describing data with the mean, median, range and interquartile range.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.12(C); 6.13(B) · mean, median, range and interquartile range, and data with and without variability

18. Unit 18

    🌡️Adding & Subtracting Integers

    Your child adds and subtracts positive and negative integers, uses zero pairs and opposites, and compares negative numbers.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.3(C); 6.3(D); 6.2(B) · adding and subtracting integers with models, and opposites

19. Unit 19

    💳Banking, Credit & College

    Personal financial literacy: your child compares checking accounts, tells debit from credit cards, balances a check register, learns why credit history and credit reports matter, compares ways to pay for college, and compares salaries for jobs that need different training.

    TEKS student expectation: 6.14(A); 6.14(B); 6.14(C); 6.14(D); 6.14(E); 6.14(F); 6.14(G); 6.14(H) · checking accounts, debit and credit cards, check registers, credit history and reports, paying for college, and salaries