Ohio Standards
Ohio 6th Grade Math Standards
All 29 Ohio math standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Ohio Department of Education and Workforce's document, linked at the end of this page.
29 standards
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
3 standards6.RP.1
Compare two amounts with a ratio and say what it means, like 2 : 1 is 2 wings for every 1 beak.
6.RP.2
Find the unit rate behind a ratio, like $75 for 15 hamburgers is $5 per hamburger.
6.RP.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.1
Interpret and find quotients of fractions and solve word problems that divide a fraction by a fraction, like how many 1/4 cup scoops are in 2/3 cup, using models and equations.
6.NS.2
Divide multi-digit numbers quickly and accurately with a standard method such as long division.
6.NS.3
Compute sums, differences, products, and quotients of multi-digit decimals quickly and accurately with a standard written method for each one.
6.NS.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.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.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.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.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.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.3
Use the properties of operations to rewrite an expression in an equivalent form, like 3 (2 + x) as 6 + 3x.
6.EE.4
Tell when two expressions are equivalent because they always give the same value, like y + y + y and 3y.
6.EE.5
Check whether a given number makes an equation or inequality true by substituting it in.
6.EE.6
Use a letter for an unknown or changing number when writing an expression for a real problem.
6.EE.7
Solve real problems with one-step equations like x + 3 = 7 or 4x = 20, using positive whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
6.EE.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.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.1
Find areas of triangles, special four-sided shapes, and other polygons by building rectangles or cutting them into triangles, and use this to solve real-world and math problems.
6.G.2
Pack a rectangular prism with fractional edges using small unit-fraction cubes, see the volume matches multiplying its edges, and use V = lwh or V = Bh in problems.
6.G.3
Draw polygons from the coordinates of their corners and use the coordinates to find side lengths.
6.G.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.1
Run a statistics study in four steps, posing a question whose answers vary, planning and gathering data, analyzing it with graphs and measures, and drawing conclusions.
6.SP.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.4
Show sets of numbers on a number line as dot plots, histograms, and box plots, like test scores for a class.
6.SP.5
Summarize data with the count, what was measured and in what units, mean or median, range and interquartile range, shape, and outliers, choosing measures that fit.
The official Ohio documents
- Ohio's Learning Standards: Mathematics · adopted February 2017 · current for 2026-27
The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Ohio's standards, not the official wording, which Ohio Department of Education and Workforce publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.