Numbers and calculation 54 skills
Whole numbers 3
- Break apart whole numbers
- Whole numbers on number lines
- Compare and order whole numbers
Calculations with whole numbers 14
- Add and subtract whole numbers
- Estimate sums and differences
- Multiplication
- Multiplication: find the missing factor
- Multiply by a multiple of 10, 100 or 1,000
- Multiply multi-digit whole numbers
- Estimate products
- Division
- Missing number in division
- Divide whole numbers: one-digit divisors
- Divide whole numbers: two-digit divisors
- Division with decimal quotients
- Estimate quotients
- Order of operations
Number definitions and properties 5
- Multiples of a number
- Factors of a number
- Even and odd numbers
- Complete a number sequence
- Complete a multiplicative sequence
Decimals 9
- Represent decimals and decimal fractions on diagrams
- Place value of a digit in a decimal number
- Place decimals on number lines
- Compare decimals on number lines
- Order decimals
- Equal decimals
- Expanded form of decimals
- Round decimals
- Write decimals as fractions
Calculations with decimals 7
- Add and subtract decimals
- Estimate sums and differences of decimals
- Estimate products of decimals
- Multiply decimals by whole numbers
- Divide decimals by whole numbers
- Multiply and divide decimals by powers of ten
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals
Fractions 9
- Understand fractions
- Write equal fractions using diagrams
- Write equal fractions
- Simplify fractions
- Place fractions on number lines
- Compare fractions on a number line
- Compare fractions using diagrams
- Compare fractions
- Order fractions
Adding fractions 2
- Add fractions with the same denominator using number lines
- Add fractions with the same denominator
Proportional reasoning 2
- Recognize equal ratios
- Calculate a percentage
Properties of operations 2
- Properties of addition
- Properties of multiplication
Problem solving 1
- Word problems (proportionality and percentages)
Measurement 13 skills
Lengths 1
- Compare and convert lengths
Perimeter 1
- Perimeter of a polygon
Area 1
- Area of rectangles and squares
Capacity 1
- Compare and convert volumes
Volume 3
- Volume of irregular figures made of unit cubes
- Volume of a rectangular prism made of unit cubes
- Volume of a cube and a rectangular prism
Angles 4
- Measure angles with a protractor
- Right angle
- Acute, right, obtuse and straight angles
- Measuring and classifying angles
Durations 1
- Convert units of time
Masses 1
- Compare and convert units of mass
Geometry 11 skills
Coordinate plane 2
- Coordinates of a point: whole numbers
- Plot points: whole-number coordinates
Lines 1
- Parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines
Symmetry 1
- Line of symmetry
Plane shapes 3
- The circle
- Classifying triangles
- Classifying quadrilaterals
Solids 4
- Recognize solids
- Vertices, edges and faces of solids
- Identify the faces of a solid
- Nets of solids
Practise the Grade 6 curriculum
On EasyMaths, each of these 78 skills has its own exercise, with questions that never repeat and explained corrections. The first exercises of every topic are free.
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How many maths skills are there in Grade 6 (Year 6)?
EasyMaths covers 78 maths skills in Grade 6 (Year 6), across 23 topics: 54 in numbers and calculation, 13 in measurement, 11 in geometry.
What do children learn in maths in Grade 6 (Year 6)?
In Grade 6 (Year 6), children deepen their knowledge of whole numbers and decimals, fractions and proportionality, along with the properties of operations. Measurement: perimeter, area and volume; geometry: lines, angles, symmetry, 2D shapes, 3D shapes and coordinates.
How can my child practise these skills?
On EasyMaths, every skill has its own exercise, with endless new questions and explained corrections. The first exercises of every topic are free, no credit card needed, and the parents’ area shows what has been mastered and what needs more work.