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Grade 6

Foundations

Ratios, percents, negative numbers, first expressions and equations, and the geometry and statistics that lead into Pre-Algebra.

11 topics · 66 lessons about 28 hoursBefore this: Grade 5

What you'll be able to do

  • Solve ratio, rate and percent problems
  • Work with negative numbers and absolute value
  • Simplify expressions and solve one-step equations
  • Find areas, surface areas and averages

Start the course

Go through each topic step by step — prose, worked examples, quick checks, and a timed practice round after every section.

Every test ends with a score by topic and a list of what to revisit. Test out of a topic with 80% or better to mark it mastered.

Topics

1.

Ratios and Rates

6 lessons

Comparing two quantities

3.

Dividing Fractions

6 lessons

Multiply by the reciprocal

4.

Negative Numbers

6 lessons

Numbers below zero

5.

Absolute Value

6 lessons

Distance from zero

6.

Expressions

6 lessons

Letters standing for numbers

7.

One-Step Equations

6 lessons

Undoing what was done to x

8.

Area of Triangles

6 lessons

Half of a rectangle

9.

Surface Area and Volume

6 lessons

Wrapping versus filling

10.

Statistics

6 lessons

Mean, median and spread

11.

Quadrants

6 lessons

The four regions of the plane