Highlights of student learning in Grade 6

• Number Sense and Numeration:

  • Representing and ordering numbers to 100 00 00

  • Developing the concept of place value to thousandths

  • Comparing and ordering fractional amounts with unlike denominators

  • Estimating 10%, 25%, 50%, and 75% of a quantity

  • Adding and subtracting decimal amounts to thousandths

  • Multiplying and dividing four-digit whole numbers by two-digit whole numbers

  • Multiplying and dividing decimals to tenths by whole numbers and two-digit by two-digit whole numbers;

  • Dividing three-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers

  • Applying order of operations in expressions without brackets; relating simple fractions, decimals, and percents

• Measurement:

  • Measuring quantities using metric units

  • Converting from larger to smaller metric units, including square metres to square centimetres; developing and applying area relationships for a parallelogram and a triangle

  • Developing and applying the volume relationships for a triangular prism; determining and applying surface area relationships for rectangular and triangular prisms

  • Relating square metres and square centimetres

• Geometry and Spatial Sense:

  • Classifying quadrilaterals by geometric properties

  • Sorting polygons by lines of symmetry and by rotational symmetry

  • Measuring angles to 180° with a protractor

  • Constructing polygons; representing figures using views and isometric sketches

  • Performing and describing rotations; plotting points in the first quadrant

• Patterning and Algebra:

  • Representing patterns using ordered pairs and graphs;

  • Describing pattern rules in words;

  • Calculating any term when given the term number

  • Investigating variables as changing quantities; solving equations using concrete materials and guess and check

• Data Management and Probability:

  • Collecting and organizing discrete and continuous data

  • Displaying data using continuous line graphs

  • Selecting appropriate graphical representations

  • Using continuous line graphs and mean to compare sets of data

  • Finding theoretical probabilities

  • Predicting the frequency of an outcome based on the theoretical probability