Week

MATHEMATICS Grade 6
Week
by Essentials WEEK
16

Fraction Action Probability Pizzazz

2 Put six different markers (one red, two green, three
The Titanic is 2 miles below the surface of
5 blue) in a paper bag and without looking select one,
3 record the result and return the marker to the bag.
the Atlantic Ocean. If you dive at the rate of Do this 50 times. How many times was each color
4
miles per hour, how long would it take you to selected? Based on your results, determine the
get to the ship? probability of selecting a particular colored marker.

(1.04, 1.07) (4.03)

Solve This! Geometry Gems

Coach Jones has been cutting ribbons to attach Select three circular objects from home or school.
1 Determine the radius, diameter, and circumference
to award medals. She has of a yard left. of each.
2
When two students give their ribbons to Coach
3
Jones, she has a total of of a yard. What
4
length of ribbon would be needed to make
seven student award medals? (3.02)

-2= +1
+3
4 Mathematically Speaking
Ed and Ted spent a total of $11.25 on
raffle tickets. Ed bought five tickets and Ted bought
ten tickets. Write and solve an equation to
determine the cost, C, of a ticket.
(1.04, 1.07) (5.03)

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 Keeping Skills Sharp Write answers here:
1. Add: 3 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 5
1. ___________
1 1 3
2. 2 – 1 = w Solve for w.
2 2 2. ___________
3. 6.3 + 0.63 + 63 =
3. ___________
4. 91 ÷ 30 =
5. 18 inches = ____ feet 4. ___________
6. Find the perimeter of a rectangular garden whose length is 8 feet
and whose width is 72 inches. 5. ___________

7. The following high temperatures were recorded for the first six
6. ___________
days of the month. What would the high temperature need to be
on the seventh day so that the median for the seven days would
be exactly the same as the median for the first six days? 7. ___________

34˚, 41˚, 39˚, 43˚, 45˚, 50˚ 8. ___________

8. Simplify: 6 + 3 + 4 ÷ 2 × 3
9. ___________
9. If the first letters of the days of the week are put on cards (one
letter per card), and the cards are put in a bag, what is the prob-
ability of drawing an “S” when drawing a card from the bag? 10. __________

10. Complete: 1, 6, 2, 6, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___

+ 2 +
3 - = 1 Directions to Students:
4
Mental Math Write your answers as the questions are called out.
Each question will be repeated only once.

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2 7
3 8
4 9
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Fraction Action
Answer Key 16
WEEK

16 Keeping Skills Sharp

or 3.2 hours or 3hrs 12min.
5
Geometry Gems 1. 30
Answers will vary. 2. 3
3. 69.93
Solve This!
4. 3.033
7 5. 1.5
of a yard
8
6. 28 feet or 336 inches
Mathematically Speaking 7. 42˚
C = cost of a ticket; 5C + 10C = 11.25; C = $0.75 8. 15

Probability Pizzazz 2
9.
7
Answers will vary.
10. 4, 6, 6, 6, 6

This section provides an opportunity for

Mental Math sharpening students’ mental computation.
Mental Math
1. Nearest tenth to: 8.475
2. Add: 78 + 31 1. 8.5
3. 10 + 10 + 10 + 20 + 20 2. 109
4. Add: 1 + 2 + 3 +. . . +9 + 10 3. 70
5. Find one-half of 998. 4. 55
6. Add: 347 + 653 5. 499

1 6. 1,000
7. What is of 27?
3 7. 9
8. Find the area of a square with sides of 5 meters. 8. 25 m2
9. Compute: 1000 – 457 9. 543
10. Multiply: 43 × 11 10. 473

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Week
MATHEMATICS Grade 6
Week
by Essentials WEEK
1 7

Probability Pizzazz
Fraction Action Toss three fair coins 30 times and record the
Two volunteers helped to fix up their school results. How many times did you get three heads?
1 three tails? two heads? two tails? Based on your
gym. Marc worked 2 hours and Kim worked results what is the probability you will get two tails
6
2 the next time you toss three coins?
3 hours. How many hours did they work
3
altogether?

(4.03)

(1.04)

Geometry Gems
Draw each of the following on a rectangular
coordinate system and label the verticies.

• a scalene triangle
• a quadrilateral that is not a parallelogram
Solve This! • a pentagon
Five students each bring 16 yards of ribbon to
school for a project. How can the ribbon be
divided so that Arnie gets exactly twice as much
as Susan? (Review)

-2= +1
+3
4 Mathematically Speaking
Solve for H:
4H - 3.8 = 12.24
(1.04, 1.07) (5.03)

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 Keeping Skills Sharp Write answers here:
1. Solve for M: 16 + 23 + M + 17 = 60
1. ___________
2. What is the sum of the interior angles of an octagon?
3. 1.6 + 2.3 + 4 + 1.7 = 2. ___________
4. 4.6 × 18.3 =
3. ___________
5. How many sides are there in a trapezoid?
6. Find the area: 4 cm 4. ___________
2 cm
5. ___________
2 cm
6. ___________
10 cm
7. Find the range of the following measurements: 7. ___________
20 m, 10m, 22m, 12m, 14m, 14m, 5m, 27m, 45m, 32m, 24m
8. ___________
8. Simplify: 32 ÷ 9 + 2 × 7
9. If 2 fair coins are tossed, what is the probability that both will 9. ___________
land on heads?
10. Complete the pattern: S, M, T, W, ___, ___, ___ 10. __________

+ 2 +
3 - = 1 Directions to Students:
4
Mental Math Write your answers as the questions are called out.
Each question will be repeated only once.

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2 7
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Answer Key 1 7
WEEK

Solve This! Keeping Skills Sharp

1 2
Arnie gets 53 yds, Susan gets 26 yds.
3 3
1. 4
Fraction Action 2. 1080°
5
Answer: 5 hours 3. 9.6
6
4. 84.18
Probability Pizzazz
5. four
Answers will vary.
6. 28 cm2
Mathematically Speaking 7. 40 m
H = 4.01 8. 15
Geometry Gems 1
9.
Answers will vary. 4
10. T, F, S
(Days of the week)

This section provides an opportunity for

Mental Math sharpening students’ mental computation.
Mental Math
1
1. of 5
2 1
2. How many centimeters are in 3 meters? 1. 2 or 2.5
2
3 1 2. 300 centimeters
3. Is closer to or 1?
8 2
1
4. 3 hours 15 minutes = ___ minutes 3.
2
5. Write the ratio of 6 green balls to 10 red balls in 4. 195
fraction form. 6
5.
6. Add: 11.3 + 12.81 10

2
7. What is ÷ 4? 6. 24.11
5
1
8. Compute: 16 – 1.84 7.
10
9. 25 × 8
8. 14.16 9. 200
1 2
10. Add: + + 5 3
4 4 10. 5
4
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Week
MATHEMATICS Grade 6
Week
by Essentials WEEK
1 8

Fraction Action Probability Pizzazz

Paul works for 3 hours. Sally works Roll two fair number cubes (numbered 1-6), 30
1 3 times and record the product of the two numbers.
2 times as long as Paul. Rasheed works How many times was the product an odd number? a
2 4
number greater than or equal to twenty? a number
1 smaller than six?
hour less than Paul. Toshi works 1 times as
3 Based on your results, what is the probability that the
long as Rasheed. How long does each person product will be an even number the next time you
work? roll the cubes?

(1.04, 1.07) (4.03)

Solve This! Geometry Gems

At a class picnic there are seven more students The three circles in the figure are congruent. Point
than adults. If there are 39 people in all, how M is the midpoint of AO and AM = 3 cm. Find the
many students are there? area of the rectangle

A M
O

(2.02)

-2= +1
+3
4 Mathematically Speaking
At the school fair a hotdog costs twice as
much as a bag of popcorn, and a drink is 50¢ less
than a hotdog. If P represents the price of popcorn,
write an expression to represent the total cost of two
(5.03) hotdogs, two drinks and a bag of popcorn. (5.02)

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 Keeping Skills Sharp Write answers here:
1. 2 3■ 6. How many feet of fencing do I
need if two sides of my backyard 1. ___________
1■ 9
are each 6 yards, one side is
+ ■ 1 4 15 yards and the house will be
2. ___________
6 1 8 used as the fourth side?
2 7. Find the median weight for the 3. ___________
2. Shade in of the squares.
3 following measurements:

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 85 lbs, 68 lbs, 42 lbs, 44 lbs, 4. ___________

31 lbs, 32 lbs, 48 lbs, 65 lbs,

3. 2■.4 5. ___________
35 lbs, 28 lbs
– 2.89
8. Simplify: 6 × 2 + 4 – 8 ÷ 2 6. ___________
23.5■
9. If the probability of John making 7. ___________
4. If four cats each catch eight a 100 on his test was 80%, what
mice every day, how many mice is the probability of John not
will they catch during the 8. ___________
making a 100?
month of January?
10. Complete the pattern: 9. ___________
5. If you run 1,760 feet in a race,
what part of a mile is this? 6, 8, 7, 9, 8, 10, 9, ___, ___, ___
10. __________

+ 2 +
3 - = 1 Directions to Students:
4
Mental Math Write your answers as the questions are called out.
Each question will be repeated only once.

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2 7
3 8
4 9
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 Grade 6
Answer Key 1 8
WEEK

Fraction Action Keeping Skills Sharp

Paul works 3 hours. 1. 235
Sally works 7.5 hours. 169
Rasheed works 2.25 hours. +214
Toshi works 3 hours. 618

Geometry Gems 2. ■■■■■ ■

The rectangle is 30 by 12, area is 360 cm2. 3. 26.4
– 2.89
Solve This! 23.51
There are 23 students and 16 adults.
4. 992
Mathematically Speaking
1
9 P - 100 5.
3
Probability Pizzazz 6. 81 feet
Answers will vary. 7. 43 lbs
8. 12
9. 20% 10. 11, 10, 12
This section provides an opportunity for
Mental Math sharpening students’ mental computation.
Mental Math
1. How many days are in two years?
2. Estimate: 4.6 + 6.2 + 7.84 1. 730 days
3. How many centimeters are in one kilometer? 2. 19
4. Write in fraction form: 0.05 3. 100,000
5. 250 + 10 + 100 5 1
4. =
5 4 100 20
6. –
8 8 5. 360
7. 0.64 ÷ 0.2 1
6.
1 8
8. 2÷
2 7. 3.2
9. 1.3 + 4.2 8. 4
1 1 9. 5.5
10. 3 –1
2 2 10. 2

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