Math Mammoth Grade 6-B Worktext, Canadian Version - Maria Miller

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Résumé :
Math Mammoth Grade 6-B worktext (Canadian version) is the second student book for sixth grade and part of the Math Mammoth Grade 6 complete curriculum. This book contains chapters 6-10 of the curriculum. Please note: The answer key is not included. All answer keys for grade 6 are sold in a separate book. In chapter 6 we first review prime factorization and then study the greatest common factor and the least common multiple. Chapter 7 first presents a thorough review of fraction operations from 5th grade (addition subtraction and multiplication). The topic of focus in the chapter is fraction division. Students also do some problem solving with fractions. In chapter 8 students are introduced to integers. They plot points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane and learn to add and subtract with negative numbers. Multiplication and division of integers are studied in 7th grade. In geometry (chapter 9) the focus is on the area of polygons. This is studied in a logical progression: first the area of right triangles then the area of parallelograms then the area of triangles and lastly the area of polygons. We also review some topics from earlier grades (quadrilaterals perimeter basic drawing). Other major topics in this chapter are calculating surface area of some solids using nets and volume of rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths. Lastly in chapter 10 students study statistics. The focus idea is that of a statistical distribution. Students learn about measures of center and measures of variability and how to summarize distributions using those. They learn how to make dot plots histograms boxplots and stem-and-leaf plots. This curriculum is essentially the same as the U.S. version of Math Mammoth only customized for the Canadian audience in these aspects: The curriculum uses the metric measurement units. Since Canadians do use imperial units such as inches and pounds in some contexts the curriculum does mention them but not often. The spelling conforms mostly to American English taking into account a few key differences where Canadian English follows British English. Numbers are formatted with a space as a thousands separator and a point as a decimal separator. Page (paper) size is Letter. The US version of the curriculum is aligned to the Common Core Standards which means this curriculum may not be properly aligned to the sixth grade standards in any Canadian province. However you can probably find material for any missing topics in the neighbouring grade levels of Math Mammoth materials. Available separately Math Mammoth Grade 6-A worktext covers the first half of 6th grade math. Also available are the answer key book (which includes answers for all grade 6 materials) and a book containing cumulative reviews and chapter tests....

Biographie:
Maria Miller was born and grew up in Finland where she also received a master's degree in mathematics in 1997. She loves math and teaching, so becoming a math teacher was a natural career for her. Miller started writing math books in 2002, prompted by her experiences in tutoring homeschooled children. She felt the books they were using were inferior, especially when it came to conceptual understanding of mathematics, so she began to write books that focus on the concepts and the why of mathematics, though not forgetting the how and the needful practice. Over the years, her materials have become popular and appreciated, both among parents and teachers. In her free time, she likes walking, bicycling, swimming, reading, helping out with Inspire4.com, playing piano, and listening to music....

Sommaire:
Math Mammoth Grade 6-B worktext (Canadian version) is the second student book for sixth grade, and part of the Math Mammoth Grade 6 complete curriculum. This book contains chapters 6-10 of the curriculum. Please note: The answer key is not included. All answer keys for grade 6 are sold in a separate book. In chapter 6, we first review prime factorization, and then study the greatest common factor and the least common multiple. Chapter 7 first presents a thorough review of fraction operations from 5th grade (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). The topic of focus in the chapter is fraction division. Students also do some problem solving with fractions. In chapter 8, students are introduced to integers. They plot points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane and learn to add and subtract with negative numbers. Multiplication and division of integers are studied in 7th grade. In geometry (chapter 9), the focus is on the area of polygons. This is studied in a logical progression: first, the area of right triangles, then the area of parallelograms, then, the area of triangles, and lastly the area of polygons. We also review some topics from earlier grades (quadrilaterals, perimeter, basic drawing). Other major topics in this chapter are calculating surface area of some solids using nets, and volume of rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths. Lastly, in chapter 10, students study statistics. The focus idea is that of a statistical distribution. Students learn about measures of center and measures of variability, and how to summarize distributions using those. They learn how to make dot plots, histograms, boxplots, and stem-and-leaf plots. This curriculum is essentially the same as the U.S. version of Math Mammoth, only customized for the Canadian audience in these aspects: The curriculum uses the metric measurement units. Since Canadians do use imperial units, such as inches and pounds, in some contexts, the curriculum does mention them, but not often. The spelling conforms mostly to American English, taking into account a few key differences where Canadian English follows British English. Numbers are formatted with a space as a thousands separator, and a point as a decimal separator. Page (paper) size is Letter. The US version of the curriculum is aligned to the Common Core Standards, which means this curriculum may not be properly aligned to the sixth grade standards in any Canadian province. However, you can probably find material for any missing topics in the neighbouring grade levels of Math Mammoth materials. Available separately, Math Mammoth Grade 6-A worktext covers the first half of 6th grade math. Also available are the answer key book (which includes answers for all grade 6 materials) and a book containing cumulative reviews and chapter tests....