Sixth grade math

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IXL offers hundreds of sixth grade math skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers hundreds of sixth grade math skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

W. Time

  1. 1
    Elapsed time
  2. 2
    Time units
  3. 3
    Find start and end times

DD. Symmetry and transformations

  1. 1
    Line symmetry
  2. 2
    Rotational symmetry
  3. 3
    Rotational symmetry: amount of rotation
  4. 4
    Reflection, rotation, and translation
  5. 5
    Similar and congruent figures
  6. 6
    Find side lengths of similar figures

EE. Three-dimensional figures

  1. 1
    Identify polyhedra
  2. 2
    Which figure is being described?
  3. 3
    Nets of three-dimensional figures
  4. 4
    Front, side, and top view

II. Probability

  1. 1
    Counting principle
  2. 2
    Probability of one event
  3. 3
    Make predictions
  4. 4
    Probability of simple events and opposite events

JJ. Financial literacy

  1. 1
    Compare checking accounts
  2. 2
    Check registers
  3. 3
    Debit cards and credit cards
  4. 4
    Credit reports
  5. 5
    Paying for college
  6. 6
    Occupations, education, and income

Sixth grade lessons

These lessons help you brush up on important math topics and prepare you to dive into skill practice!

Number sense

  1. Prime factorization
  2. Factors
  3. Greatest common factor
  4. Multiples
  5. Least common multiple
  6. Absolute value
  7. Integers
  8. Additive inverses
  9. Comparing rational numbers

Division

  1. Estimating quotients
  2. Partial quotients
  3. Area model division
  4. Dividing by 1-digit numbers
  5. Dividing by 2-digit numbers
  6. Long division

Exponents and powers of 10

  1. Exponents
  2. Powers of 10

Properties and mixed operations

  1. The distributive property
  2. Order of operations
  3. PEMDAS

Fractions

  1. Least common denominator
  2. Simplest form
  3. Dividing fractions and mixed numbers
  4. Dividing fractions by whole numbers
  5. Dividing whole numbers by fractions
  6. Reciprocals

Decimals

  1. Adding decimals
  2. Subtracting decimals
  3. Multiplying decimals by powers of 10
  4. Multiplying decimals by whole numbers
  5. Multiplying decimals
  6. Dividing decimals by powers of 10
  7. Dividing decimals by whole numbers
  8. Dividing decimals

Percents, ratios, and rates

  1. Percents
  2. Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents
  3. Ratios
  4. Unit rates
  5. Proportions

Algebra

  1. Expressions and equations
  2. Writing algebraic expressions
  3. Evaluating expressions
  4. Equivalent expressions
  5. Simplifying expressions
  6. Expanding expressions
  7. Factoring expressions
  8. Solving equations
  9. Independent and dependent variables
  10. Inequalities on a number line

Coordinate plane

  1. Coordinate plane

Geometry

  1. Area of triangles
  2. Area of parallelograms
  3. Area of rhombuses
  4. Area of trapezoids
  5. Area of compound shapes
  6. Nets
  7. What is surface area?
  8. Surface area formulas
  9. Volume formulas
  10. Volume of rectangular prisms
  11. Volume of prisms

Measurement

  1. Converting metric units
  2. Converting customary units

Data and graphs

  1. Mean, median, mode, and range
  2. Mean absolute deviation
  3. Interquartile range
  4. Box and whisker plots
  5. Dot plots
  6. Histograms
  7. Frequency tables
  8. Statistical questions