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Wisconsin Standards

Wisconsin 6th Grade Math Standards

All 29 Wisconsin math standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's document, linked at the end of this page.

29 standards

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

3 standards
M.6.RP.A.1
Compare two amounts with a ratio and say what it means, like 2 : 1 is 2 wings for every 1 beak.
Common Core 6.RP.1
M.6.RP.A.2
Explain a unit rate as the amount for one of something, like $75 for 15 hamburgers is $5 per hamburger, using simple fractions only.
M.6.RP.A.3
Solve ratio and rate problems with tables, tape diagrams, double number lines or equations, including unit prices, speed, percents and converting units.

The Number System

8 standards
M.6.NS.A.1
Divide fractions by fractions and solve word problems with models and equations, like how many 3/4-cup servings fit in 2/3 cup of yogurt.
M.6.NS.B.2
Divide multi-digit whole numbers flexibly, with strategies or written methods based on place value, area models and number properties.
M.6.NS.B.3
Add, subtract, multiply and divide multi-digit decimals flexibly, with strategies or written methods based on place value, models and number properties.
M.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).
Common Core 6.NS.4
M.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.
Common Core 6.NS.5
M.6.NS.C.6
Place positive and negative numbers on number lines and coordinate grids, see that the opposite of -3 is 3, and link sign changes in points to reflections.
M.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.
Common Core 6.NS.7
M.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.
Common Core 6.NS.8

Expressions and Equations

9 standards
M.6.EE.A.1
Write and work out expressions with whole-number exponents, like 5³ = 125.
Common Core 6.EE.1
M.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.
Common Core 6.EE.2
M.6.EE.A.3
Use the properties of operations to rewrite an expression in an equivalent form, like 3 (2 + x) as 6 + 3x.
Common Core 6.EE.3
M.6.EE.A.4
Decide when two expressions are equivalent because they give the same value for any number put in, like y + y + y and 3y.
M.6.EE.B.5
Check whether a given number makes an equation or inequality true by substituting it in.
Common Core 6.EE.5
M.6.EE.B.6
Use a letter for an unknown or changing number when writing an expression for a real problem.
Common Core 6.EE.6
M.6.EE.B.7
Solve real problems with one-step equations like x + 3 = 7 or 4x = 20, using positive whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
Common Core 6.EE.7
M.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.
Common Core 6.EE.8
M.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.
Common Core 6.EE.9

Geometry

4 standards
M.6.G.A.1
Find the area of triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons by splitting them into rectangles and triangles.
Common Core 6.G.1
M.6.G.A.2
Find the volume of boxes with fraction edge lengths by packing unit cubes, then build and use V = l w h and V = B h in real problems.
M.6.G.A.3
Draw polygons from the coordinates of their corners and use the coordinates to find side lengths.
Common Core 6.G.3
M.6.G.A.4
Unfold a 3D shape into a net of rectangles and triangles and use the net to find its surface area.
Common Core 6.G.4

Statistics and Probability

5 standards
M.6.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.
Common Core 6.SP.1
M.6.SP.A.2
Describe a set of data by its center, its spread and its overall shape.
Common Core 6.SP.2
M.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.
Common Core 6.SP.3
M.6.SP.B.4
Show numerical data on a number line as a dot plot, histogram or box plot.
Common Core 6.SP.4
M.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.
Common Core 6.SP.5

The official Wisconsin documents

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