Grade 6 Math: Common Core alignment

• Ratios and Proportional Relationships
• The Number System
• Expressions and Equations
• Geometry
• Statistics and Probability

Ratios and Proportional Relationships RP · 3 standards · 3 covered

• 6.RP.A.1
  Covered

  Understand ratios and use ratio language

  • Unit 2 · Introducing Ratios: What are Ratios?
• 6.RP.A.2
  Covered

  Understand unit rates

  • Unit 2 · Introducing Ratios: Solving Ratio and Rate Problems
  • Unit 3 · Unit Rates and Percentages: Rates
• 6.RP.A.3
  Covered

  Solve ratio and rate problems with tables, tape diagrams, double number lines, percents and unit conversions

  • Unit 2 · Introducing Ratios: Representing Equivalent Ratios, Part-part-whole Ratios
  • Unit 3 · Unit Rates and Percentages: Unit Conversion, Percentages

The Number System NS · 8 standards · 8 covered

• 6.NS.A.1
  Covered

  Divide fractions by fractions and solve story problems

  • Unit 4 · Dividing Fractions (whole unit, 14 lessons)
• 6.NS.B.2
  Covered

  Divide multi-digit numbers fluently with the standard algorithm

  • Unit 5 · Arithmetic in Base Ten: Long Division with Whole Numbers
• 6.NS.B.3
  Covered

  Add, subtract, multiply and divide multi-digit decimals fluently

  • Unit 5 · Arithmetic in Base Ten (whole unit, 14 lessons)
• 6.NS.B.4
  Covered

  Find greatest common factors and least common multiples

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Common Factors and Common Multiples
• 6.NS.C.5
  Covered

  Use positive and negative numbers for real-world amounts

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Positive and Negative Numbers, Let's Put it to Work
• 6.NS.C.6
  Covered

  Place rational numbers on a number line and points on the coordinate plane

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Negative Numbers and Absolute Value, Plot Points in Four Quadrants
• 6.NS.C.7
  Covered

  Order rational numbers and understand absolute value

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Compare and Order Rational Numbers, Absolute Value and Distance from Zero
• 6.NS.C.8
  Covered

  Solve problems by graphing points in all four quadrants, including distances

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Distances Using Coordinates

Expressions and Equations EE · 9 standards · 9 covered

• 6.EE.A.1
  Covered

  Write and evaluate expressions with whole-number exponents

  • Unit 1 · Area and Surface Area: Square Numbers and Exponents
  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Expressions with Exponents
• 6.EE.A.2
  Covered

  Write, read and evaluate expressions with variables

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Write Expressions with Variables, Evaluate Expressions with Exponents
• 6.EE.A.3
  Covered

  Use properties of operations to write equivalent expressions

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Distributive Property with Variables, Combine Like Terms
• 6.EE.A.4
  Covered

  Tell when two expressions are equivalent

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Equal and Equivalent
• 6.EE.B.5
  Covered

  Understand solving an equation or inequality as finding values that make it true

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Equations in One Variable
  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Inequalities
• 6.EE.B.6
  Covered

  Use variables to stand for numbers in real-world problems

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Write Expressions with Variables, Let's Put it to Work
• 6.EE.B.7
  Covered

  Solve equations of the form x + p = q and px = q

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Solve x + p = q, Solve px = q
• 6.EE.B.8
  Covered

  Write and graph inequalities such as x > c

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Inequalities
• 6.EE.C.9
  Covered

  Relate dependent and independent variables with tables, graphs and equations

  • Unit 6 · Expressions and Equations: Relationships Between Quantities

Geometry G · 4 standards · 4 covered

• 6.G.A.1
  Covered

  Find the area of triangles, special quadrilaterals and polygons

  • Unit 1 · Area and Surface Area: Reasoning to Find Area, Parallelograms, Triangles, Polygons
• 6.G.A.2
  Covered

  Find the volume of rectangular prisms with fractional edges

  • Unit 4 · Dividing Fractions: Volume of Prisms with Fraction Edges
• 6.G.A.3
  Covered

  Draw polygons on the coordinate plane and find side lengths

  • Unit 7 · Rational Numbers: Polygons on the Coordinate Plane
• 6.G.A.4
  Covered

  Use nets to find surface area

  • Unit 1 · Area and Surface Area: Surface Area

Statistics and Probability SP · 5 standards · 5 covered

• 6.SP.A.1
  Covered

  Recognize statistical questions

  • Unit 8 · Data Sets and Distributions: Statistical Questions
• 6.SP.A.2
  Covered

  Describe a data distribution by its center, spread and shape

  • Unit 8 · Data Sets and Distributions: Data, Variability, and Statistical Questions, Describe the Shape of Data
• 6.SP.A.3
  Covered

  Tell measures of center from measures of variation

  • Unit 8 · Data Sets and Distributions: Measures of Center and Variability, Median and IQR
• 6.SP.B.4
  Covered

  Show data in dot plots, histograms and box plots

  • Unit 8 · Data Sets and Distributions: Dot Plots and Histograms, Make a Box Plot
• 6.SP.B.5
  Covered

  Summarize data sets, including mean, median, mean absolute deviation and interquartile range

  • Unit 8 · Data Sets and Distributions: Measures of Center and Variability, Median and IQR, Let's Put it to Work

Every Grade 6 unit and lesson

Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. The standard descriptions on these pages are KidUniversity's own short summaries, not the official text; read the full standards at thecorestandards.org. KidUniversity is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NGA Center or CCSSO.