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Grade 6 Math: how to help at home

What your child learns in Grade 6 math in the Nova Scotia Curriculum, and simple things to try at home.

The Big Ideas this year

Easy ways to practise math at home

What each unit covers

  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.

  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.

  3. 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.

  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.

  5. Decimal × and ÷

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Volume & Capacity

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

  11. Quadrilaterals & Grids

    Properties of quadrilaterals (symmetry and diagonals), top and front views, coordinates in all four quadrants, and combining slides and flips.

  12. Transformations

    Translating, reflecting and rotating points and shapes on a coordinate grid, and combining two transformations in a row.

  13. Line Graphs & Data

    Practises choosing ways to collect data (questionnaires, experiments, observations), reading and labelling line graphs, finding the range, and drawing conclusions from a graph.

  14. Probability

    Writing probabilities as fractions for spinners, dice and marbles, comparing theoretical probability with experimental results, and making predictions from data.

What the report card levels look like at home

Limited
Just getting started with this idea. Short, regular practice with lots of support helps most.
Basic
Understands parts of it and is building confidence. Keep practising the tricky parts.
Good
Has it! Mixed review now and then keeps it strong.
Thorough
Applies it confidently, even in new or harder situations. Try challenge mode and real-life problems.

Your child’s teacher decides the level on the report card. Read the Nova Scotia report card guide.

Common questions

Free printable Grade 6 math practice sheet

Questions from every unit, with an answer key.

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