NL Grade 6 Math study materials
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NL Grade 6 Math study plan

NL Grade 6 Math · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Number

  • Identify place value from millions down to thousandths and write numbers in standard, expanded, and word form

  • Compare and order whole numbers and decimals using <, >, and =

  • Round whole numbers and decimals to any given place value

  • Represent fractions as decimals and decimals as fractions with denominators of 10, 100, and 1000

  • Explain verbally why a digit's value changes when it shifts one place left or right

Your checkpoint

A one-page place-value reference sheet plus 20 self-made practice items (with answer key) covering place value, ordering, rounding, and fraction-decimal conversion, scored at 90% or better

Week 2

Number

  • Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers and decimals, aligning place values correctly

  • Multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm

  • Divide whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, interpreting remainders in context

  • Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10 and by single-digit whole numbers

  • Estimate products and quotients first, then check the exact answer against the estimate

Your checkpoint

A timed 15-item computation set (mixed whole numbers and decimals) completed in 25 minutes with at least 85% accuracy, with every missed item reworked and annotated

Week 3

Number & Patterns and Relations

  • Find factors, multiples, GCF, and LCM of pairs of numbers and use them to simplify fractions

  • Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators

  • Multiply a fraction by a whole number and by another fraction, using area models to justify the result

  • Write and evaluate simple algebraic expressions in which a letter stands for an unknown number

  • Solve one-step equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division with a variable

Your checkpoint

A 10-item mixed quiz (5 fraction-operation items, 5 expression/equation items) with full worked solutions, scoring at least 80%

Week 4

Patterns and Relations

  • Extend, describe, and write a rule for numeric patterns including those that grow by a constant difference or a constant multiplier

  • Complete and interpret input-output (function) tables and state the rule in words and as an expression

  • Graph ordered pairs from a table on a coordinate grid and describe the resulting pattern

  • Translate a simple word problem into an expression or equation and solve it

  • Justify whether a given value is a solution to an equation by substituting and checking

Your checkpoint

A pattern-and-relations portfolio of 6 items (2 numeric patterns, 2 input-output tables with rules, 2 word problems turned into equations) each with a written explanation of the rule, checked against a rubric

Week 5

Patterns and Relations & Shape and Space

  • Classify angles as acute, right, obtuse, or straight and estimate their measures in degrees

  • Measure and draw angles to the nearest degree using a protractor

  • Identify and classify triangles by side length and by angle measure, and name quadrilaterals by their properties

  • Solve problems involving unknown angles in a triangle and in complementary and supplementary pairs

  • Convert between units of length, mass, and capacity within the metric system

Your checkpoint

A hand-drawn geometry diagram set: 8 angles drawn to a specified measure and 6 triangles/quadrilaterals labeled with side and angle classifications, verified with a protractor, all correct within 2 degrees

Week 6

Shape and Space

  • Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms using the correct formulas

  • Find the area of composite shapes by decomposing them into rectangles and triangles

  • Determine the volume of right rectangular prisms using unit cubes and the formula length x width x height

  • Convert among cubic units and identify the appropriate unit for a given measurement situation

  • Create and interpret a net for a rectangular prism and connect the net's faces to surface area

Your checkpoint

A composite-shape design project on grid paper: one figure made of at least four rectangles/triangles with perimeter, area, and volume of the enclosing prism all calculated and shown in a labeled diagram

Week 7

Statistics and Probability

  • Construct and read line plots, bar graphs, and double bar graphs, choosing an appropriate scale and title

  • Calculate mean, median, mode, and range for a data set and describe what each measure tells you

  • Identify and describe the shape of a data distribution and explain how an outlier affects the mean

  • Express the probability of a simple event as a fraction, decimal, and percent between 0 and 1

  • Compare theoretical probability with experimental results from a simple trial such as rolling a number cube

Your checkpoint

A statistics mini-report: collect or use a 15-value data set, present it in a labeled graph, compute all four measures of center/spread, and state the probability of two events, with a two-paragraph written summary

Week 8

Number & Patterns and Relations & Shape and Space & Statistics and Probability

  • Take two full-length mixed practice tests under timed conditions and record the score by domain

  • Rework every missed item from both practice tests and write the reason for each error

  • Re-derive the 12 most-used formulas and procedures from memory on a blank sheet

  • Solve 10 mixed multi-step word problems that combine two or more domains

  • Build a personal error log of the 8 most frequent mistakes and the correction for each

Your checkpoint

A completed error log with all missed items from both practice tests reworked and explained, plus a final timed practice test score of at least 80% overall with no domain below 70%

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the timed computation set at 85% or better and correctly explain place value and rounding to a study partner or in writing without notes

Week 4: Score at least 80% on the fraction/expression quiz and correctly state the rule for 5 out of 5 input-output tables

Week 6: Draw 8 angles within 2 degrees of target and correctly compute perimeter, area, and volume on the composite-shape project with no formula errors

Week 8: Score at least 80% overall on the final timed practice test with no single domain below 70%, and submit a complete error log