Sixth Grade Math
Dover-Sherborn Middle School
 

Classnotes

Chapter 1 - Statistics: Real World use of Whole Numbers

Reading & Interpreting Graphs
1-1 Reading Graphs
1-2 Misleading Graphs
1-3 Scatterplots & Trends

Displaying Data
1-4 Tallies, Frequency Charts, & Line Plots
1-5 Scales & Bar Graphs
1-6 Stem-and-Leaf Diagrams

Describing Data
1-7 Median & Mode
1-8 The Meaning of Mean
1-9 The Effects of Outliers
 

Chapter 2 - Connecting Arithmetic to Algebra

Making Sense of Large Numbers
2-1 Reading and Writing Large Numbers
2-2 Rounding Large Numbers
2-3 Comparing and Ordering Numbers
2-4 Exponents

Number Sense and Operatin Sense
2-5 Mental Math
2-6 Estimating Sums and Differences
2-7 Estimating Products and Quotients
2-8 Order of Operations
2-9 Numerical Patterns

Introduction to Algebra
2-10 Variables and Expressions
2-11 Writing Expressions
2-12 Using Equations
2-13 Solving Equations
 

Chapter 3 - Decimals

Decimal Concepts
3-1 Decimal Notation
3-2 Rounding Decimals
3-3 Comparing & Ordering Decimals
3-4 Scientific Notation

Adding & Subtracting with Decimals
3-5 Estimating with Decimals
3-6 Adding & Subtracting Decimal Numbers
3-7 Solving Decimal Equations: Addition & Subtraction

Multiplying & Dividing with Decimals
3-8 Multiplying a Whole Number by a Decimal
3-9 Multiplying a Decimal by a Decimal 
3-10 Dividing by a Whole Number
3-11 Dividing by a Decimal
3-12 Solving Decimal Equations: Multiplication and Division
 

Circles
4-7 Discovering Pi
4-8 Area of Circles
4-9 Area of Irregular Figures

Chapter 5 - Patterns & Number Theory

Number Theory
5-1 Divisibility
5-2 Prime Factorization
5-3 Least Common Multiples

Connecting Fractions & Decimals
5-4 Understanding Fractions
5-5 Fractions in Lowest Terms
5-6 Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
5-7 converting Fractions & Decimals

Chapter 6 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Adding and Subtracting Fractions
6-1 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
6-2 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators
6-3 Solving Fraction Equations: Addition and Subtraction

Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
6-4 Estimation: Sums and Differences of Mixed Numbers
6-5 Adding Mixed Numbers
6-6 Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Chapter 7 - Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Multiplying Fractions
7-1 Estimation: Products and Quotients of Fractions
7-2 Multiplying by a Whole Number
7-3 Multiplying by a Fraction

Dividing Fractions
7-4 Dividing Whole
7-5 Dividing Fractions

Chapter 8 - The Geometry of Polygons

Lines & Angles
8-1 Classifying Lines
8-2 Classifying Angles
8-3 Measuring Angles

Polygons
8-4 Exploring Angles in a Triangle
8-5 Exploring Sides of a Triangle
8-6 Polygons
8-7 Quadrilaterals

Transformations
8-8 Flips and Line Symmetry
8-9 Turns & Rotational Symmetry
8-10 Slides & Tessalations

Chapter 9 - Understanding Integers

Integers
9-1 Understanding Integers
9-2 Adding Integers
9-3 Subtracting Integers
9-4 Multiplying and Dividing Integers

Graphing on the Coordinate Plane
9-5 The Coordinate Plane
9-6 Graphing Slides and Flips
9-7 Graphing Equations

Chapter 10 - Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Ratios and Rates
10-1 What is a Ratio?
10-2 Equal Ratios
10-3 What is a Rate?

Proportions
10-4 What is a Proportion?
10-5 Solving Proportions Using Cross Products
10-6 solving Proportions Using Unit Rates
10-7 Similar Figures

Percents
10-8 What is a Percent?
10-9 Estimating Percents
10-10 Connecting Percents to Fractions and Decimals
10-11 Finding a Percent of a Number

Chapter 11 - Solids and Measurement

Solids and Surface Area
11-1 Classifying Solids
11-2 Exploring Surface Area
11-3 Surface Area Formulas
11-4 Surface Area of a Cylinder

Volume
11-5 Three-Dimensional Figures
11-6 Exploring Volume
11-7 Calculating Volume

Chapter 12 - Probability

Introduction to Probability
12-1 Probability
12-2 Making Predictions
12-3 Geometric Models of Probability

Fairness
12-4 Tree Diagrams
12-5 Compound Events
12-6 Fairness and Unfairness