6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
Measure each line segment to the nearest centimeter and
to the nearest millimeter.













Draw each quadrilateral described. Then draw and measure its diagonals.


  1. square ABCDwith 5. rhombus EFGHwith
    AB5 cm EF25 mm

  2. regular quadrilateral MNOP 7. concave quadrilateral QRST
    with MN44 mm with QR2.5 cm, RS3.5 cm

  3. For which quadrilaterals in exercises 4–7 are
    the diagonals congruent? Explain your answer.


Rename each unit of measure. Use the tables on page 448 to help you.


  1. 6 cm  mm 10. 7 m  cm 11. 9.7 km  m

  2. 11 mm  cm 13. 453 dm  km 14. 34 dm  m


Compare. Use ,, , or ..


  1. 0.45 m? 45 cm 16. 4.8 cm? 0.48 mm 17. 257 cm? 25.7 dm


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Multiply or divide as indicated.


  1. 11  1000 23. 7.6 100 24. 120  100 25. 5.8 100

  2. 0.48 10 27. 5.732 100 28.0.06 10 29. 15.2 1000
    19. Last year City X reported 1.65 m of
    rain. City Y reported 131.5 cm of rain.
    Which city had more rain? Explain.
    21. A strip of metal is 420 cm long. How
    many 1.4 cm strips can be cut from it?
    How many 14 mm strips can be cut
    from it? Explain how you found your
    answers.

  3. One piece of electrical wire is 35 mm
    long. A second piece is 34.9 cm long.
    Which piece is longer? Explain.

  4. The jogging track is 4.8 km long.
    Laura knows that her jogging stride is
    about 1 m in length. How many of her
    strides would cover the distance
    around the track once?


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