6th Grade Math (Nebraska Standards)

Number (N)

• MA.6.N.1 Show how fractions, decimals, percents and integers relate within the base-ten system.
  • MA.6.N.1.a Find common factors and common multiples.
  • MA.6.N.1.b Find prime factorizations, with or without exponents.
  • MA.6.N.1.c Represent integers with drawings, words, number lines and symbols.
  • MA.6.N.1.d Find the absolute value of rational numbers.
  • MA.6.N.1.e Compare and order fractions, decimals, integers and absolute values and place them on a number line.
• MA.6.N.2 Compute accurately with fractions and decimals.
  • MA.6.N.2.a Divide multi-digit whole numbers and decimals using an algorithm.
  • MA.6.N.2.b Divide non-negative fractions and mixed numbers.
  • MA.6.N.2.c Evaluate numerical expressions with absolute value and/or positive exponents using order of operations.

Ratios and Proportions (R)

• MA.6.R.1 Understand ratios and unit rates, describe how quantities relate and use them in real situations.
  • MA.6.R.1.a Find ratios from concrete models, drawings or words.
  • MA.6.R.1.b Explain and find unit rates.
  • MA.6.R.1.c Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 and find the whole from a part and a percent.
  • MA.6.R.1.d Convert among fractions, decimals and percents using several representations.
  • MA.6.R.1.e Solve real problems with ratios, unit rates and percents.
  • MA.6.R.1.f Use ratio reasoning to convert units and handle units when multiplying or dividing.
• MA.6.R.2 Represent ratios and rates on the coordinate plane.
  • MA.6.R.2.a Give the ordered pair for a given point.
  • MA.6.R.2.b Plot an ordered pair on the coordinate plane.
  • MA.6.R.2.c Describe where a point lies: on an axis, at the origin or in a quadrant.
  • MA.6.R.2.d Make tables of equivalent ratios for whole-number measures.
  • MA.6.R.2.e Use the constant of proportionality to find missing values in ratio tables.
  • MA.6.R.2.f Plot pairs of values from a ratio table on the coordinate plane.
  • MA.6.R.2.g Explain what a point (x, y) on a proportional graph means in context.

Algebra (A)

• MA.6.A.1 Use properties of operations to evaluate expressions and solve equations and inequalities.
  • MA.6.A.1.a Make equivalent expressions with the distributive property and by combining like terms.
  • MA.6.A.1.b Evaluate expressions with non-negative rational numbers by order of operations, possibly with absolute value.
  • MA.6.A.1.c Substitute values to check whether an equation or inequality is true.
  • MA.6.A.1.d Solve one-step equations with non-negative rational numbers.
  • MA.6.A.1.e Solve one-step whole-number inequalities and graph the solutions on a number line.
• MA.6.A.2 Solve real problems with algebraic expressions, equations and inequalities.
  • MA.6.A.2.a Write expressions from word phrases, including several operations with one variable.
  • MA.6.A.2.b Write one-operation, one-variable equations for real situations with non-negative rational numbers.
  • MA.6.A.2.c Write one-operation, one-variable inequalities for real situations with whole numbers.

Geometry (G)

• MA.6.G.1 Identify and describe attributes of two-dimensional shapes.
  • MA.6.G.1.a Identify and create nets for prisms and pyramids.
• MA.6.G.2 Work with location, orientation and relationships on the coordinate plane (indicators are under 6.R.2).
• MA.6.G.3 Use attributes of 2D and 3D shapes and apply area and volume formulas.
  • MA.6.G.3.a Find the area of quadrilaterals, including parallelograms and trapezoids, and triangles by decomposing and by formulas.
  • MA.6.G.3.b Find the surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms using nets and formulas.
  • MA.6.G.3.c Use volume formulas for triangular prisms.

Data (D)

• MA.6.D.1 Pose statistical questions and collect and organize data.
• MA.6.D.2 Represent, analyze and interpret data.
  • MA.6.D.2.a Show data with dot plots, box-and-whisker plots and histograms.
  • MA.6.D.2.b Solve problems using dot plots, box plots, histograms and circle graphs.
  • MA.6.D.2.c Find and interpret mean, median, mode and range.
  • MA.6.D.2.d Compare mean, median, mode and range for two data sets.
  • MA.6.D.2.e Compare and interpret data sets by center, spread, shape and graphs.
• MA.6.D.3 Interpret and use probability ideas.
  • MA.6.D.3.a List the possible outcomes of a simple event.
  • MA.6.D.3.b Give theoretical and experimental probability as a fraction, percent or decimal.
  • MA.6.D.3.c Describe how likely simple events are, from impossible to certain.
  • MA.6.D.3.d Compare and contrast theoretical and experimental probability.