Grade 6 Mathematics
Announcements
Mean, median, mode challenge - tentative due date is Wednesday, June 12.
<a href=”https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1piQo0WCKwMuFpsto3sV7aY6DMDIeXqnxOJgBhmV1c1c/edit?usp=sharing</a> - Mean, median, mode challenge checker - maker a copy in your own Google Drive and modify cells from columns M and on, rows 2 through 7.
Tentative schedule for upcoming classes:
- Week of May. 12
- Monday, May. 13: Statistics II - Mean, median, mode
- Tuesday, May. 14: Mean, median, mode challenge
- Wednesday, May. 15: PAT field test/WB
- Thursday, May. 16: Fun day
- Week of May. 19
- Monday, May. 20: No school
- Tuesday, May. 21: Statistics test (Mr. Merrick)
- Wednesday, May. 22: WB
- Thursday, May. 23: Fun day
Homework expectations: 30 minutes/day
Are you stuck at home for some reason? Work on your workbooks, IXL, or try out the logic puzzles my elective works on.
Update Form
Let me know what you’ve done this week: Complete this form at least once per week (weekends) so I know where you are at in your book.
Test information
Area and perimeter test I scheduled for Tuesday, May 7. You should be able to:
- find the area and perimeter of triangles and special quadrilaterals (rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids)
- use the area and/or perimeter of a shape to deduce lengths
- convert between various units of area
Area and perimeter test II scheduled for Thursday, May 9. You should be able to:
- find the area and circumference of circles
- use the area and/or circumference of a circle to deduce lengths
Statistics test scheduled for Tuesday, May 21. You should be able to:
- create a frequency table from a collection of values
- find mean, median, and mode of data (utilizing a frequency table to speed things up)
- analyze data using an average or frequency table
- make accurate judgments on when to use mean vs median vs mode
- work with and understand data sets for which the mean, median, and mode have various relationships (e.g. mean is less than mode, mode is equal to median, there are multiple modes, etc)
Online links/games
Challenges
- 2023-24 Winter Break challenges
- 12 Days of ChrisMATH
- CoSMOS 2020 Challenge
- Renert 10-year anniversary digit puzzle
- Mean, median, mode challenge