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Colorado Standards

Colorado 6th Grade Math Standards

All 10 Colorado math standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Colorado Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

10 standards

Number and Quantity

4 standards
MA.6.RP.A
Describe ratios and unit rates in words, then solve rate problems with tables, tape diagrams, and double number lines, including unit prices, speed, percents of a quantity, and unit conversions.
MA.6.NS.A
Divide fractions by fractions using models and equations, and solve word problems with it, like finding how many 1/4-mile laps make up 1 1/2 miles.
MA.6.NS.B
Divide multi-digit numbers and compute with multi-digit decimals fluently, find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers, and factor a sum with the distributive property.
MA.6.NS.C
Use negative numbers for opposite quantities like debts, plot rational numbers on number lines and all four quadrants, order them, and find absolute value as distance from zero.

Algebra and Functions

3 standards
MA.6.EE.A
Write and evaluate expressions with exponents and variables, name parts like terms and coefficients, and use properties to make and recognize equivalent expressions, like 2x + 3x and 5x.
MA.6.EE.B
Check which values make an equation or inequality true, use variables to write expressions, solve equations like x + 7 = 12 and 4x = 20, and write and graph inequalities like x > 3.
MA.6.EE.C
Write an equation showing how one quantity depends on another, like cost = 3 × pounds, and connect it to a table and graph of the values.

Data, Statistics, and Probability

2 standards
MA.6.SP.A
Recognize questions that expect varied answers as statistical, describe data by its center, spread, and shape, and explain how a center or spread measure sums up data in one number.
MA.6.SP.B
Show data in dot plots, histograms, and box plots, and summarize it with the count, units, median or mean, and interquartile range or mean absolute deviation suited to its shape.

Geometry

1 standard
MA.6.G.A
Find areas of triangles and polygons by splitting or combining shapes, volumes of boxes with fractional edges, side lengths of polygons on a grid, and surface areas from nets.

The official Colorado documents

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