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Alabama 6th Grade Math Standards

All 28 Alabama math standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Alabama State Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

28 standards

Proportional Reasoning

3 standards
6.1
Show a ratio between two quantities as a/b, a to b or a:b, and describe it with ratio language, like 2 cups of flour for every 3 eggs.
6.2
Use unit rates to describe ratio relationships, like 12 dollars for 4 pounds is 3 dollars per pound.
6.3
Solve ratio and rate problems, including percents, unit conversions and equivalent ratios, with tables, tape diagrams, double number lines and equations.

Number Systems and Operations

10 standards
6.4
Divide fractions by fractions with visual models and equations and use these quotients to solve problems, like how many 3/4 cup servings fit in 2/3 of a cup.
6.5
Divide multi-digit whole numbers quickly and accurately with a standard method to solve real-world and math problems.
6.6
Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals with a standard method for each, like 12.6 ÷ 0.35 = 36.
6.7
Use the distributive property to factor a sum of two whole numbers, like rewriting 36 + 8 as 4 times the sum 9 + 2.
6.8
Work out the greatest common factor and least common multiple of whole numbers, like 6 and 36 for 12 and 18, and use factors to write prime factorizations.
6.9
Use positive and negative numbers for opposite quantities in real life, like a deposit of 50 dollars and a withdrawal of -50, or temperatures above and below zero.
6.10
Place integers and other rational numbers on horizontal or vertical number lines, explain opposites as equal distances from 0, and explain what 0 means in real situations.
6.11
Plot rational pairs in all four quadrants, name quadrants from signs, treat sign flips as reflections across an axis, and find distances between points sharing a coordinate.
6.12
Explain absolute value as distance from zero and find it for rational numbers in real situations, like a balance of -30 dollars meaning a 30 dollar debt.
6.13
Compare and order rational numbers and their absolute values, with or without a number line, to solve problems, like deciding that -8 degrees is colder than -3.

Algebra and Functions

8 standards
6.14
Write, evaluate and compare expressions with whole-number exponents, like 3 to the 4th power equals 81, which is more than 4 cubed, 64.
6.15
Write and evaluate expressions where letters stand for numbers, turn words into expressions, name parts like term and coefficient, and use order of operations.
6.16
Use properties like distributive, commutative and identity to rewrite an expression in an equivalent form, like 3 times the sum 2 + x as 6 + 3x.
6.17
Decide whether two expressions are equivalent and explain why, like showing y + y + y and 3y are equal for every value of y.
6.18
Substitute a value into an equation or inequality to check whether it makes the statement true, like testing x = 4 in 3x + 2 = 14.
6.19
Write and solve one-step equations like x + p = q or px = q with non-negative rational numbers for real-world and math problems, and explain the answer in context.
6.20
Write inequalities like x > c or x ≤ c to show a limit in a problem, graph their solutions on a number line, and explain that there can be infinitely many.
6.21
Represent two related changing quantities with tables, graphs and equations, telling the independent variable from the dependent, like hours worked and dollars earned.

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

3 standards
6.22
Give examples and non-examples of statistical questions, explaining that such a question expects varied answers, like asking the heights of students in a class.
6.23
Calculate mean, median, mode, range and interquartile range for real data sets, choose the best measure of center, and explain what the numbers mean in context.
6.24
Graph number data as dot plots, line plots, histograms, box plots or stem and leaf plots, and describe its center, spread, shape and unusual features in context.

Geometry and Measurement

4 standards
6.25
Draw polygons on a coordinate plane from vertex coordinates, find missing rectangle corners and side lengths along shared coordinates, and find perimeter and area.
6.26
Find areas of triangles, special quadrilaterals and other polygons by cutting them apart or putting together familiar shapes, including in real-world problems.
6.27
Find the surface area of 3D figures by unfolding them into nets of rectangles and triangles, like a box or a tent, to solve real-world and math problems.
6.28
Find the volume of rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths using cubes, drawings and the formulas V = lwh and V = Bh, and compare volumes in real problems.

The official Alabama documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Alabama's standards, not the official wording, which Alabama State Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.