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
Math Support Websites for Ideas & Games
ABCya Kids Numbers Khan Academy
Math Fact Cafe Hooda Math Adapted Mind
Cool Math 4 Kids Xtra Math Math.com
Math Cats Math Playground YouCubed
FunBrain Arcademics Cliffs Notes
AplusMath.com Worksheet Works Math Pickle FNSBSD Library Media Homework-‐Help