Learning Goals for Everyday Mathematics Grade 6  
(Reprinted with permission of Everyday Learning Corporation)

  1. Unit 1
  2. Unit 2
  3. Unit 3
  4. Unit 4
  5. Unit 5
 
  1. Unit 6
  2. Unit 7
  3. Unit 8
  4. Unit 9
  5. Unit 10
 
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Unit 1   Collection, Display, and Interpretation of Data (Back to top)

a B Interpret and construct step graphs.
b D Interpret mystery graphs.
c DS Use a Percent Circle to interpret circle graphs.
d S Find equivalent names for numbers.
e S Identify landmarks of data sets.
f S Compute and understand the mean.
g S Interpret and construct broken-line graphs.
h S Interpret and construct bar graphs.

Unit 2   Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals (Back to top)

a B Translate between scientific notation and standard notation, with and without a calculator.
b D Estimate products ands multiply decimals.
c D Divide two whole numbers; give the answer to a specified number of decimal places.
d D Estimate the quotient and divide a decimal by a whole number.
e D Multiply by positive and negative powers of 10.
f D Interpret number-and-word notation for large numbers.
g D Use exponential notation for small numbers.
h S Use exponential notation for large numbers.
i S Read, write and compare numbers from thousandths to trillions.
j S Add and subtract decimals.
k S Estimate quotients and divide whole numbers.

Unit 3   Variables, Formulas, and Graphs (Back to top)

a B Use variable to describe general patterns.
b D Use a spreadsheet.
c D Interpret mystery graphs.
d D Write algebraic expressions to represent situations.
e D Evaluate algebraic expressions ands formulas.
f S Mentally add 1-digit integers.
g S Represent rates with formulas, tables and graphs.
h S Convert between fractions and mixed numbers.
i S Find the least common multiple of two numbers.
j S Find the greatest common factor of two numbers.

Unit 4   Rational Number Uses and Operations (Back to top)

a D Construct circle graphs with the Percent Circle.
b D Use an algorithm to multiply fractions and mixed numbers.
c D Use an algorithm to add and subtract mixed numbers having fractions with unlike denominators.
d D Use an algorithm to subtract mixed numbers having fractions with like denominators.
e D Find a percent of a number.
f S Use an algorithm to add mixed numbers having fractions with like denominators.
g S Use an algorithm to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.
h S Compare and order fractions.
i S Convert between fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents.
j S Write fractions and mixed numbers in simplest form.

Unit 5   Geometry: Congruence, Constructions, and Parallel Lines (Back to top)

a D Apply properties of supplementary angles and vertical angles.
b D Apply properties of angles formed by two parallel lines and a transversal.
c D Apply properties of angles of parallelograms.
d D Calculate the degree measure of each sector in a circle graph and use a protractor to construct the graph.
e D Use a compass and straightedge to construct geometric figures.
f S Apply properties of sums of angle measures of triangles ands quadrangles.
g S Translate figures on a coordinate grid.
h S Plot ordered number pairs in four quadrants; use ordered number pairs to name points in four quadrants.
i S Draw or form a figure congruent to a given figure.
j S Classify angles.
k S Measure and draw angles using a protractor.

Unit 6  Number Systems and Algebra Concepts (Back to top)

a B Solve and graph solutions for inequalities.
b D Solve equations.
c D Use an algorithm to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and mixed numbers.
d DS Find opposites and reciprocals of numbers.
e DS Add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative numbers.
f DS Understand and apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences.
g DS Determine whether number sentences are true or false.
h S Compare and order integers.
i S Understand and apply the identity property for multiplication.
j S Understand and apply the commutative property for addition and multiplication.
k S Understand and apply the associative property for addition and multiplication.

Unit 7   Probability and Discrete Mathematics (Back to top)

a B Understand and use tree diagrams to solve problems.
b D Construct and interpret Venn diagrams.
c DS Calculate probability in simple situations.
d DS Understand what constitutes a fair game.
e DS Understand and apply the concept of random numbers to probability situations.
f S Solve "fraction-of-a-fraction" problems.
g S Understand how sample size affects results.

Unit 8   Rates and Ratios (Back to top)

a D Write open proportions to model problems.
b D Solve percent problems.
c D Solve problems that involve a size-change factor.
d DS Use cross multiplication to solve open proportions.
e DS Solve rate number stories.
f DS Solve ratio number stories.
g DS Estimate equivalent percents for fractions.
h DS Solve division problems involving decimals.
i S Use rate tables to solve problems.

Unit 9   More about Variables, Formulas, and Graphs (Back to top)

a D Simplify expressions and equations with parentheses.
b DS Apply the distributive property.
c DS Combine like terms to simplify expressions and equations.
d DS Solve equations.
e DS Write and identify equivalent expressions and equivalent equations.
f DS Write and solve equations that represent problem situations.
g DS Use formulas to solve problems.
h S Evaluate expressions and formulas.

Unit 10   Geometry Topics (Back to top)

a B Identify and use notation for semiregular tessellations.
b B Identify regular tessellations.
c B Create nonpolygonal, translation tessellations.
d B Explore rotation and point symmetry.
e B Discover properties of solids.
f B Perform topological transformations.