Sixth grade Math Practice
Sixth-grade math extends arithmetic to ratios, rates, and proportional reasoning while introducing algebraic thinking, integers, and foundational statistics and geometry concepts.
91 skills · 728 questions · No signup required to try
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Sixth grade Math topics covered
Add and subtract whole numbers
- Add and subtract whole numbers
- Add and subtract whole numbers: word problems
Multiply whole numbers
- Multiply whole numbers
- Multiply whole numbers: word problems
- Estimate products of whole numbers
- Multiply whole numbers by powers of ten
Divide whole numbers
- Divide multi-digit numbers by 1-digit divisors
- Divide multi-digit numbers by 2-digit divisors
- Interpret quotients and remainders in word problems
- Estimate quotients using compatible numbers
Number theory and factors
- Find all factor pairs of a whole number up to 100
- Identify prime and composite numbers
- Find the prime factorization of a number using factor trees
- Find the greatest common factor (GCF) of two numbers
Fractions and mixed numbers
- Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
- Add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators
- Multiply fractions and whole numbers
- Multiply two fractions
Decimals and operations
- Read, write, and compare decimals to the thousandths place
- Add and subtract decimals
- Multiply decimals by whole numbers and by decimals
- Divide decimals by whole numbers
Ratios and proportional reasoning
- Write ratios in three forms (a to b, a:b, a/b)
- Find equivalent ratios and complete ratio tables
- Identify and compare unit rates
- Solve unit rate problems including unit pricing and constant speed
Integers and the number system
- Understand positive and negative integers and their real-world meaning
- Graph integers on a number line
- Compare and order integers using < and >
- Find the absolute value of an integer and interpret it in context
Expressions and properties
- Write and evaluate numerical expressions using order of operations (no exponents)
- Evaluate expressions with whole-number exponents
- Write algebraic expressions to represent real-world situations
- Evaluate algebraic expressions by substituting values for variables
Equations and inequalities
- Determine whether a given value is a solution to an equation or inequality
- Write one-step equations from word problems
- Solve one-step addition and subtraction equations
- Solve one-step multiplication and division equations
Geometry: area and surface area
- Find the area of triangles using the formula A = ½bh
- Find the area of parallelograms and trapezoids
- Find the area of composite figures by decomposing into triangles and quadrilaterals
- Identify and classify three-dimensional figures (prisms, pyramids, etc.)
Geometry: volume
- Find the volume of right rectangular prisms with whole-number side lengths
- Find the volume of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths
- Apply the formula V = lwh and V = Bh to solve problems
- Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume
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