6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

TO BUILD A HOUSE

Here on this plot

Our house will rise

Against the hill

Beneath blue skies

Ruler and tape

Measure the size

Of windows and cupboards

The floors inside

We add, subtract,

Multiply, divide

To build closets and stairs

The porch outside

Without numbers and measure

Would our house ever rise

Against the hill

Beneath blue skies?

Lillian M. Fisher

In this chapter you will:

Explore one trillion

Use exponents to understand place value

Compare and order decimals

Compute with whole numbers and decimals

Write and evaluate expressions

Solve problems by writing and solving

an equation

Critical Thinking/Finding Together

Find Robert’s house number if it is the

seventh number in this sequence: 4119

4008 4037 3926

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