Fairbanks  North  Star  Borough  School  District   Grade  6  Curriculum  Department   Revised:  May  1,  2015  

Mathematics Readiness Skills

Dear  Parents,  The  following  skills  listed  below  will  support  your  child  in  their  next  level  of  mathematics.    Try  some  of  the  strategies  and  resources  listed  below  to  keep  their  math  skills  sharp  over  the  summer!  ! Addition,  subtraction,  and  multiplication  of  mixed  numbers  and  

fractions  ! Addition,  subtraction,  multiplication,  and  division  of  decimals  ! Order  of  operations  ! Read,  write,  compare,  and  order  decimals  to  the  thousandths  place  ! Calculate  volume  of  a  rectangular  prism  ! Fluency  with  multiplication  and  division  facts  to  144  

Math  Strategies  to  Try  at  Home  ! Use  decimal  grids  to  practice  adding  and  subtracting  

decimals  ! Memorize  multiplication  facts  to  144  ! Draw  pictures  to  solve  word  problems  ! Practice  adding  and  subtracting  mixed  numbers  with  unlike  

denominators  (e.g.,  3  !!+  2  !

!  =  ?)  

! Practice  multiplication  of  fractions  (e.g.,  !!x  !!  =  ?)  

! Practice  addition,  subtraction,  multiplication,  and  division  of  many  different  decimals  

! Check  for  reasonableness  of  answers  

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