6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

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Letter to the Family........................................................... iii

Lesson promotes algebraic reasoning.

Skills Update

A handbook for reviewing essential

and previously taught skills

Introduction to Skills Update.......... xii

Numeration

I Whole Numbers: Place Value,

Compare, and Order.... 1

II Round Whole Numbers.......... 2

III Factors, Multiples, and Divisibility.. 3

IV Decimals to Hundredths......... 4

Operations

I Add Whole Numbers and

Decimals................... 5

II Subtract Whole Numbers

and Decimals............... 6

III Inverse Operations............. 7

IV Properties of Addition and

Multiplication................ 8

V Multiply 1- and 2-Digit

Whole Numbers............. 9

VI Trial Quotients................ 10

VII Divide Whole Numbers......... 11

Fractions

I Add and Subtract Fractions:

Like Denominators.......... 12

Statistics and Graphs

I Make Pictographs............. 13

II Make Bar Graphs............. 14

Probability

I Equally/Not Equally Likely

Outcomes................. 15

II List Outcomes................ 16

Geometry

I Geometric Figures............ 17

II Lines: Intersecting and Parallel... 18

III Polygons.................... 19

Measurement

I Metric Units of Length.......... 20

II Metric Units of Capacity

and Mass.................. 21

III Customary Units of Length...... 22

IV Customary Units of Capacity

and Weight................ 23

V Read an Inch Ruler............ 24

VI Perimeter and Area

of Rectangles.............. 25

Introduction to

Problem Solving

Problem-Solving Model.............. 26

Problem-Solving Strategy:

Guess and Test.................. 28

Problem-Solving Strategy:

Use More Than One Step.......... 29

Problem-Solving Strategy:

Use a Graph..................... 30

Problem-Solving Strategy:

Write an Equation........... 31

Problem-Solving Applications:

Mixed Review.................... 32

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