6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Joan Benoit

1984 U.S. Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist

During the third mile

not the eighteenth as expected

she surged ahead

leaving behind the press

of bodies, the breath

hot on her back

and set a pace

the experts claimed

she couldn’t possibly keep

to the end.

Sure, determined,

moving to an inner rhythm

measuring herself against herself

alone in a field of fifty

she gained the twenty-six miles

of concrete, asphalt and humid weather

and burst into the roar of the crowd

to run the lap around the stadium

at the same pace

once to finish the race

and then again in victory

and she was still fresh

and not even out of breath

and standing.

Rina Ferrarelli

In this chapter you will:

Relate decimals and metric units

Rename and compute metric and

customary units

Investigate perimeter,

circumference, and area formulas

Compute surface area and volume

Rename and compute customary

units and time

Decompose figures to solve problems

Solve problems using drawings

and formulas

Critical Thinking/Finding Together

The 2003 Special Olympics World

Summer Games were held in Dublin,

Ireland. Research and report to the

class the results for three sports in

these Games. Discuss measurement

used for each sport.

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