Grade 6 MathematicsTerm 2

What Will You Learn?

• At the end of the term, students should be able to:
• List all prime factors of a given number.
• Write a composite number as a product of: (a) Primes (b)Primes in exponential form.
• Identify the Highest Common Factor (H.C.F) of two numbers.
• Differentiate between multiples and factors.
• Use substitution in formulae, algebraic sentences and inequalities in problem solving.
• Use operational symbols to complete number sentences.
• Substitute a number for a variable in a mathematical sentence with up to two variables.
• Identify shapes that will cover a plane exactly and those that will not.
• Differentiate between the size and use of the following units: square centimetre, square metre, hectare and square kilometre.
• Name and measure regions, compute the area of regions shaped as rectangles and right-angled triangles individually, in combination or as the surfaces or three-dimensional objects.
• Solve problems involving area measures.
• Identify and count the number of lines of symmetry in compound plane figures.
• Describe congruence in plane and solid shapes.
• Distinguish between similar and congruent figures (triangles and quadrilaterals).
• Develop the idea of a ‘unit solid’.
• Calculate the volume of a rectangular prism when given the number of unit solids in one layer and the number of layers.
• Investigate and use the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism to solve problems.
• Identify the reciprocal of a whole number or fractional number.
• Use the four basic operations to compute with fractional numbers.
• Use ratio to compute quantities.
• Write a ratio to compare the number of items in two sets or two parts of a single set.
• Write a ratio using the formats 1:5, 1 to 5, or 1/5.
• Write equivalent ratios for a given ratio.
• Solve problems which require the use of equivalent ratios.
• Apply the concept of ratio to percentage forms and use the symbol % correctly.
• Tell what percentage of a set or object is shown.
• Write percentage as a fraction with a denominator of 100, or, in its simplest form and/or as a decimal.
• Solve problems requiring the conversion of fractions to percentages and vice versa.
• Recognize that 100% is a whole.
• Express one number as a percentage of another number that is a multiple of 10. (Measurement and money may be used.)
• Calculate a given percentage of a number, amount of money, measure of mass, capacity etc.
• Calculate the entire amount when the percentage of a number is known. (Multiples of 5)
• Solve problems requiring the use of percentages.
• Explore how a coordinate system identifies a location and uses the first quadrant of Cartesian plane to plot points.
• Divide a fraction, mixed number or decimal fraction by a whole number.
• Divide a whole number by a fractional number.
• Divide a decimal fraction by a power of 10.
• Divide a decimal fraction by another decimal fraction to two or three places of decimal.
• Solve problems involving the division of fractional numbers.
• Compute with whole numbers, common and decimal fractions using the four operations.