Louisiana Standards
Louisiana 6th Grade Math Standards
All 29 Louisiana math standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Louisiana Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.
29 standards
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
3 standards6.RP.A.1
Compare two amounts with a ratio and say what it means, like 2 : 1 is 2 wings for every 1 beak.
6.RP.A.2
Find the unit rate behind a ratio, like $75 for 15 hamburgers is $5 per hamburger.
6.RP.A.3
Solve ratio, rate and percent problems with tables, tape diagrams and double number lines, including unit prices, constant speed and converting units.
The Number System
8 standards6.NS.A.1
Divide a fraction by a fraction and solve word problems about it, like how many 3/4-cup servings fit in 2/3 of a cup.
6.NS.B.2
Divide multi-digit numbers with standard long division, quickly and accurately.
6.NS.B.3
Add, subtract, multiply and divide multi-digit decimals with the standard written method for each.
6.NS.B.4
Find the greatest common factor of two numbers up to 100 and the least common multiple of two numbers up to 12, and rewrite a sum like 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2).
6.NS.C.5
Use positive and negative numbers for opposites in real life, like temperature above and below zero or money earned and owed, and say what 0 means in each case.
6.NS.C.6
Place positive and negative numbers on a number line, know that -(-3) = 3, and plot points with negative coordinates in all four quadrants.
6.NS.C.7
Order positive and negative numbers, like -3 is warmer than -7, and read absolute value as distance from 0, so a balance of -30 is a debt of 30.
6.NS.C.8
Solve problems by graphing points in all four quadrants and find the distance between two points that line up horizontally or vertically.
Expressions and Equations
9 standards6.EE.A.1
Write and work out expressions with whole-number exponents, like 5³ = 125.
6.EE.A.2
Write and work out expressions with letters standing for numbers, like 5 - y, name their parts (terms, factors, coefficients) and follow the order of operations.
6.EE.A.3
Use the properties of operations to rewrite an expression in an equivalent form, like 3 (2 + x) as 6 + 3x.
6.EE.A.4
Tell when two expressions are equivalent because they always give the same value, like y + y + y and 3y.
6.EE.B.5
Check whether a given number makes an equation or inequality true by substituting it in.
6.EE.B.6
Use a letter for an unknown or changing number when writing an expression for a real problem.
6.EE.B.7
Write and solve one-step equations and inequalities like x + p = q or px = q with nonnegative rational numbers, using <, >, ≤ and ≥, to solve real-world problems.
6.EE.B.8
Write an inequality like x > 5 for a real condition, know it has infinitely many solutions, and show them on a number line.
6.EE.C.9
Write an equation for two quantities that change together, like d = 65t for distance and time, and show the relationship in a table and a graph.
Geometry
4 standards6.G.A.1
Find the area of triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons by splitting them into rectangles and triangles.
6.G.A.2
Find the volume of rectangular prisms with fraction edge lengths by packing unit cubes and by using V = lwh and V = Bh, including in real-world problems.
6.G.A.3
Draw polygons from the coordinates of their corners and use the coordinates to find side lengths.
6.G.A.4
Unfold a 3D shape into a net of rectangles and triangles and use the net to find its surface area.
Statistics and Probability
5 standards6.SP.A.1
Tell a statistical question, one with varied answers like how old are the students in my school, from one with a single answer.
6.SP.A.2
Know that data gathered for a statistical question has a distribution you can describe by its middle, how spread out it is, and its overall shape.
6.SP.A.3
Know that a measure of center, like the mean or median, sums up a data set in one number, while a measure of spread tells how much the values vary.
6.SP.B.4
Show numerical data on a number line as a dot plot, histogram or box plot.
6.SP.B.5
Summarize a data set in its context, reporting how many values there are, what was measured, the mean or median, the spread and the overall shape.
The official Louisiana documents
- K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics · adopted March 2016 · since 2016-17, through 2026-27
- 2025 K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics · coming next · adopted March 2026 · learning year 2026-27, required from 2027-28
The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Louisiana's standards, not the official wording, which Louisiana Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.