Remaining topics for covering grade 6 syllabus

1. Long division with decimals and 2digit dividends also changing fractions into decimals.
2. Adding and subtracting fractions.
3. Using brackets.
4. Using decimals and mixed units for time.
5. Ratio and proportion with equivalent ratios and ratio problems.
6. Volume and capacity for compound shapes.
7. 3D shapes nets.
8. Cube numbers.
9. Multiply fractions by whole numbers.
10. Divide fractions by whole numbers.
11. Surface area.
12. Area of triangles as half of rectangles.
13. Circles.
14. Rotational symmetry.
15. Mode, mean, median and range.

1-Ratio and proportion:

*Ratio tells us how much of one thing there is in relation to another thing. For
example,
'For every 2 apples we have 3 bananas'.
The symbol of ratio is :
So the ratio of apples to bananas is 2:3 we read it as 2to3.
The ratio of bananas to apples is 3:2
*Proportion tells us about how much of one thing there is in relation to the whole
amount of something. For example, 'There are 2 apples in 5 fruits and 3 bananas in
5 fruits.
*Recipes are a good of examples of using ratios in real life. For the lemonade, 1
cup sugar to 5 cups water so if I had 2 cups of sugar I would need 10 cups of water.
*We can think of equivalent ratios as equivalent fractions and also, we can simplify
ratios.
Examples:
1) 2:3 = 4:6 2:3 = 6:9
So, in the first pair we multiplied the two parts of the ratio by 2
While in the second pair we multiplied the ratio parts by 3.

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 2) 35:49 = 5:7
We simplify ratios like fractions in the above example we divided the parts of the
ratio by 7.
Ratio problems:
1) The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5. If there are 20 tomatoes, how
many red apples are there?
20 tomatoes came when we multiplied 2 by 10.
There are 5×10 = 50 apples.

2) The ratio of berries to oranges is 10:1. If there are 25 oranges, how many
berries are there?
25 oranges came when we multiplied 1 by 25.
There are 10 × 25 = 250 berries.

3) Ariana baked 14 brownies with nuts on top and 20 brownies without nuts.
What is the ratio of the number of brownies without nuts to the number of
brownies with nuts on top?
The ratio is 20:14 (divide 2) which is equal to 10:7

4) A math club has 25 members, of which 11 are males and the rest are
females. What is the ratio of males to all club members?
11:25

5) A group of preschoolers has 8 boys and 24 girls. What is the ratio of girls to
all children?
24:32 (divide 8) = 3:4

6) A herd of 52 horses has 12 white and some black horses. What is the ratio of
white to black horses?
12:40 (divide 4) = 3:10
7) At a party, there are three sorts of drinks: orange, lemonade and cherry. The
ratio of the drinks is 3:2:1 (orange:lemonade:cherry). If there are 12 glasses
of orange, how many glasses of drink are there altogether?
3:2:1 (multiply 4) =12:8:4 so in total we have 12+8+4= 24 glasses of drink.

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 8) Steffi is painting her house. She has calculated she needs 40 liters of paint in
total. She has decided to mix pink paint. She will need 3 liters of white for
every 2 liters of red. How many liters of each colour will she need to buy?
The ratio of white paint to red paint is 3:2 and she needs in total 40liters of paint.
Add the two parts of the ratio 3+2 =5.
Divide the total by 5 , 40÷5 = 8 so there are 8groups of white and red paint in the
40 liters of paint.
3:2 (multiply by 8) = 24:16
So she needs 24 liters of white paint.
And 16 liters of red paint.
9) In the school choir, there are 30 children. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:1.
How many girls are in the choir?
Add the two parts of the ratio 4+1=5
30÷5=6
There are 6 groups in the total number of children.
There are 4×6 = 24 girls in the choir.

2-Volume and capacity:

• Volume: The amount of space that a substance takes up. It is the measure of
the space covered by the substance.
• Capacity: The maximum amount of a substance that an object can contain. It
is the amount of space interior to the object which can be filled.

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 • We measure volume using unit³ like cm³ , m³ , ….
• Count the unit cubes that make the top layer of the cube.
• Multiply the number of cubes in the top layer by the total number of layers it has.
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Examples:

The top layer contains

9 cubes and there are
three layers so the
volume of cube A is
9×3 = 27cm³

The volume of the

stack is 19cm³.
The difference
between the volume of
the cube and the stack
is 27-19= 8cm³.

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 The volume of the
current shape is 7cm³.
To complete the prism
with 18cm³ we need
18-7= 11 cubes

The capacity of the jug

= 250×12 = 3000ml

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Find the volume of the following shapes:

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3-3D shapes and nets of 3D shapes:
Here are some 3D shapes with their faces, vertices and edges.

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4-Cube numbers:
• Remember that square numbers are numbers that are formed when we
multiply a number by itself.

• Cube numbers are numbers that are formed when we multiply a number by
itself 3 times.
2³ = 2×2×2 = 8
3³= 3×3×3 = 27

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5-Multiply fractions:
You multiply the numerators (the top numbers) together, and then multiply the denominators (the
bottom numbers) together. After putting the two results together as a new fraction, you may need to
simplify the fraction in order to put the answer into the simplest form.

There are 3 simple steps to multiply fractions

1. Multiply the top numbers (the numerators).
2. Multiply the bottom numbers (the denominators).
3. Simplify the fraction if needed.

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To multiply Mixed Fractions:
• convert to Improper Fractions
• Multiply the Fractions
• convert the result back to Mixed Fractions

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6-Divide fractions:
There are 3 Simple Steps to Divide Fractions:

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7-Surface Area:
*Remember that the area of a shape is the number of unit squares required to
completely cover it. Therefore, it is measured and expressed in square units.
*Area refers to the space occupied by a shape or an object or a surface. Perimeter
refers to the measure of the length of the outline or boundary of a shape, an object
or a surface.

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8-Area of triangles as half of a rectangle:
*Remember, the area of a triangle is half the area of a rectangle with the same
length and width.
*When we find the area of a rectangle, we multiply the length times the width. To
find the area of a triangle, we multiply the length times the width and divide it by
two.

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