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Grade-6

 

Grade 6 Math


Day 1: Have your child complete the table. A parking lot charges $4.00 for the first hour or fraction of the first hour and $2.00 for each additional hour or fraction of an hour.

Time Cost
30 min. ______($4.00)
1 hr. ______($4.00)
2 1/2hr. ______ ($8.00)
3hr. 59min. ______ ($10.00)
5hr. ______($12.00)
5hr. 15min. ______($14.00)

 

Day 2: Have your child find the median and mean of the following numbers: 85, 55, 90, 80, 90 (mean=80, median=85).

Day 3: Have your child rewrite these fractions as mixed or whole numbers;

  • 5/2 (2 1/2)
  • 7/2 (3 1/2)
  • 9/3 (3)
  • 8/5 (1 3/5)
  • 10/9 (1 1/9)
  • 11/7 (1 4/7).


Day 4: Have your child add or subtract these fractions;

  • A) 3/4 - 1/4= ? (2/4 or 1/2)
  • B) 2/3 +2/3 = ? (4/6 or 1 1/3)
  • C) 2 1/2 + 1 1/4=?(3 3/4)
  • D) 3 - 1 1/4= ? (1 3/4).


Day 5: Have your child add or subtract these fractions;

  • A) 6 1/4 - 1 3/4 =? (4 1/2)
  • C)2 1/4 - 7/8 = ? (1 3/8)
  • D) 2 1/8 + 1 1/16 + 1 7/8=? (5 1/16).

Day 6: Have your child divide mentally;

  • 124 divided by 2 (62)
  • 903 divided by 3 (301)
  • 240 divided by 4 (60).

Day 7: Have your child divide mentally ;

  • 1204 divided by 4 (301)
  • 1000 divided by 8 (125)
  • 2114 divided by 7 (302).

Day 8: Have your child write these numbers in standard notation;

  • 2 thousandths (0.002)
  • 23 thousandths (0.023)
  • 6 ten thousandths (0.0006).

Day 9: Have your child write these numbers in exponential powers of ten;

  • 100 (102)
  • 1000 (103)
  • 1,000,000 (106).


Day 10: Have your child compare these number pairs;

  • 5 hundredths______0.0005(>)
  • 1,005,000______1.5 million (<)
  • 75 thousandths________0.075 (=)
  • 2.5 x103_______25,000 (<)
  • 1.2 x 106_________1.2 million (=)
  • 1/100_______0.0001 (>)

Day 11: Have your child solve;

  • 5/6 of 36?(30)
  • 1/4 of 220 (55)
  • 3/5 of 60 (36)

Day 12: Have your child solve;

  • 2/9 of 45 (10)
  • 11/12 of 36 (33)
  • 4/7 of 42 (24)

Day 13: Have your child solve;

  • 2/3 of 27 (18)
  • 3/8 of 48 (18)
  • 7/10 of 80 (56)

Day 14: Have your child compute the mean of; 80, 100, 90; (90).


Day 15: Have your child solve; A plane flying at a height of h feet above the ground. Write an algebraic expression that describes the following situations;

  • The height of the plane if it climbs 2000 feet higher.(h + 2000)
  • The height of the plane if it descends 1500 feet. (h - 1500).
  • The height of another plane T feet above this plane. (h + T).


Day 16: Have your child find the missing numbers;

  • 2/7 = x/28 (x = 8)
  • 4/9 =20/y (y = 45)


Day 17: Have your child find the missing numbers;

  • m/6 = 12/18 (m=4)
  • 30/15 =6/n (n=3)

Day 18: Have your child solve; An average person uses about 180 calories per hour playing table tennis.

  • How many calories would be used playing table tennis for 15 minutes? ___ ( 45 calories).
  • There are about 95 calories in 1 tablespoon of peanut butter. About how many minutes would a person have to play table tennis to use the calories in 1 tablespoon of peanut butter? _____ (about 30 minutes).
  • In 1 teaspoon? ( 1 tablespoon= 3 teaspoons) _______ (about 10 minutes).


Day 19: Have your child solve for probability; If you roll a 6-sided die, what is the probability that-

  • The number 2 will come up? (1/6)
  • An even number will come up? (1/2)
  • A prime number will come up? (1/2)


Day 20: Have your child solve:

  • 1/2 of 24 = ? (12)
  • 1/2 of 1/2 = ? (1/4)
  • 1/2 of 2 1/4 =? (1 1/8)


Day 21: Have your child solve;

  • 2/3 of 9 = ? (6)
  • 1/3 x 3/4 = ? (1/4)
  • 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 = ? (3 3/8)


Day 22: Have your child solve;

  • -6 + (-7) = ____ (-13)
  • -8 - (-4) = _____ (-4)
  • -(3/4) - (1/4) = ___ (-1)
  • -3 x 4 =_____ (-12)
  • 6 x -8 = ____ (-48)
  • -9 x (-6) = _____ (54).

Day 23: Have your child solve;

  • 2/3 divided by 1/3 = ? (2)
  • 3 1/4 divided by 4 = ? (13/16)
  • 3/4 x ? = 1 (3/4)
  • 1 1/4 divided by 1/2 = ? (2 1/2)
  • 5 divided by 2/3 = ? (7 1/2)
  • 2 3/4 x 2/3 = ? (1 5/6).


Day 24: Have your child insert parentheses to make these problems true;

  • 5 x 4 + 1 = 25 (4 +1)
  • 7.1 x 3 - 2 > 10 (7.1 x 3)
  • 4 x 8 > 50 - 2 x 10 (2 x 10)

Day 25 Have your child complete;

  • 7ft = ? inches (84)
  • 9ft 5in = ? inches (113)
  • 79in = ?ft ?in (6ft 7in)
  • 95ft= ? yd ?ft (31yd 2ft)
  • 106ft= ?yd ?ft (35yd 1ft)

Day 26: Have your child estimate;

  • 18 x 21 (400)
  • 32 x 51 (1500)
  • 4 x 186 (800)

Day 27: Have your child answer; If you travel at 60 miles per hour, how far can you go in;

  • 4 hours (240 miles)
  • 5 1/2 hours (330)

    Day 28:Have your child simplify each expression;

    • N + 2N + 3N = ? (6N)
    • 5 + 12x - 16 - 8x = ? (4x - 11)
    • 4c - 7c = ? (-3c)
    • 5(y - 2) + 6y - 6= ? (11y -16)

    Day 29:Have your child write these mixed numbers as fractions;

    • 4 8/9 (44/9)
    • 7 5/3 (26/3)
    • 12 3/4 (51/4)
    • 3 1/2 (7/2)
    • 5 3/8 (43/8)
    • 10 15/6 (75/6)

    Day 30:Have your child write the following fractions as mixed numbers or whole numbers ;

    • 56/9 (6 2/9)
    • 45/5 (9)
    • 3/0.5 (6)
    • 7/3 (2 1/3)
    • 22/10 (2 2/10)
    • 6/4 (1 2/4)

     

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    GRADE 6 READING

     

    Day 1: Have your child make an emergency list for your family. Place one at each phone.

    Day 2: Have your child read a book to a younger person at least one a week (or read to a grandparent).

    Day 3: Have your child list how many sports she can play this summer.

    Day 4: Take your child to a museum or have him read about one in the encyclopedia or over the internet. Which parts does he like best? Have him describe it to you.

    Day 5: Have your child cut out the biggest word she can find in a newspaper. Have her make as many words out of it as possible.


    Day 6: Have your child name all of the planets and check his answer in the encyclopedia.

    Day 7: Have your child write a review of his favorite TV show. Have him compare it with the TV guide.

    Day 8: Have your child list as many ice cream flavors as she can think of.

    Day 9: Can your child make up any new ice creams that might sound interesting?

    Day 10: Have your child make a list of homonyms. Have her put the list on the fridge and have your family add to it. Count the words at the end of the week.

    Day 11: Have your child play a word game; Scrabble, Boggle or Pictionary.

    Day 12: How many compound words can your child find on the front page of a newspaper?

    Day 13: Analogy? Dachsund is to kennel as canary is to ______. Have your child make up 3 more.

    Day 14: How many different meanings can your child find from the word "run".

    Day 15: Have your child draw a diagram of his room and think about ways he could rearrange it.

    Day 16: See day 10. Have your child do the same with acronyms (example NASA).

    Day 17: Have your child define"Pneumatolysis". Think coal and use the dictionary.

    Day 18: Have your child watch an animal or adventure show on PBS. Have him write the staton and say thanks!

    Day 19: Have your child write a postcard while on vacation.

    Day 20: Have your child find school supply sales in the newspaper. Have him compare prices and find the best price for each item.

    Day 21: Have your child list the things that bug her. Compare the list with a friend.

    Day 22: Have your child organize her room and closet for back to school.

    Day 23: Have your child search the Guiness Book of Records for the shortest adult and the word most spoken.

    Day 24: Have your child make a unique bookmarker for a book read this summer.

    Day 25: Have your child look up the rules for badminton. Play the game.

    Day 26: Have your child interview an older person. Have them ask what the person did over the summer when they were young. Write about it.

    Day 27: Have your child name 4 different hats, coats and houses.

    Day 29: Have your child's friend test him on the states. Set a time limit and make spelling count.

    Day 30: Have your child play jeopardy on states and capitals.

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