This book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly, full-color pages are filled to the brim with engaging activities for maximum educational value. The book includes easy-to-follow instructions, helpful examples, and tons of practice problems to help students master each concept, sharpen their problem-solving skills, and build confidence.
Features include:
• A guide that outlines national standards for Grade 6
• Concise lessons combined with lot of practice that promote better scores—in class and on achievement tests
• A pretest to help identify areas where students need more work
• End-of-chapter tests to measure students’ progress
• A helpful glossary of key terms used in the book
• More than 1,000 math problems with answers
Topics covered:
• Place values and estimating
• Number properties and order of operations
• Negative numbers and absolute value
• Factors and multiples
• Solving problems with rational numbers
• Ratios and proportions
• Percent
• Exponents and scientific notation
• Solving equations and inequalities
• Customary and metric units of measure, including conversions
• Solving problems by graphing points on the coordinate plane
• Classifying polygons based on their properties
• Calculating perimeter, area, surface area, and volume
• Data presentation
• Statistical variability, including probability
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