State Curriculum - Mathematics

  
Grade 6
Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement: Students will identify attributes, units, or systems of measurements or apply a variety of techniques, formulas, tools or technology for determining measurements.
A. Measurement Units
B. Measurement Tools
1. Measure in customary and metric units
a. Select and use appropriate tools and units
    Assessment limit:
  • Measure length to the nearest 1/16 inch with a ruler
2. Measure angles in polygons
C. Applications in Measurement
1. Estimate and apply measurement formulas
a. Estimate and determine the area of a polygon
    Assessment limit:
  • Use triangles and whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
b. Estimate and determine the volume of a rectangular prism
    Assessment limit:
  • Use rectangular prisms and whole number dimensions (0 – 1000)
c. Estimate and determine the area of a composite figure
    Assessment limit:
  • Use composite figures with no more than four polygons (triangles or rectangles) and whole number dimensions (0 – 500)
d. Determine missing dimension of a quadrilateral given the perimeter length
    Assessment limit:
  • Find length in a quadrilateral given the perimeter with whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
e. Determine the missing dimension of rectangles
    Assessment limit:
  • Find length in a square or rectangle given the area and whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
 

Note: Highlighted assessment limits will be tested in the no calculator section of MSA. In the assessment limit, (0-10) or (-10 to 10) means all numbers in the problem or the answer will fall within the range of 0 to 10 (including endpoints) or -10 to 10 (including endpoints), respectively. All content standards are tested in MSA but not all objectives. Objectives that have an assessment limit are tested on MSA. Objectives without an assessment limit are not tested on MSA.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

June 2004