{"product_id":"math-mammoth-grade-6-b-worktext-canadian-version","title":"Math Mammoth Grade 6-B Worktext – Canadian Version","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMath Mammoth Grade 6-B worktext (Canadian version) \u003c\/i\u003eis the second student book for sixth grade and part of the Math Mammoth Grade 6 complete curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis book contains chapters 6-10 of the curriculum. \u003cb\u003ePlease note: \u003c\/b\u003eThe answer key is not included. All answer keys for grade 6 are sold in a separate book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn chapter 6 we first review\u003cb\u003e prime factorization\u003c\/b\u003e and then study the greatest common factor and the least common multiple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eChapter 7 first presents a thorough review of \u003cb\u003efraction operations\u003c\/b\u003e from 5th grade (addition subtraction and multiplication). The topic of focus in the chapter is fraction division. Students also do some problem solving with fractions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn chapter 8 students are introduced to integers. They plot points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane and learn to add and subtract with negative numbers. Multiplication and division of integers are studied in 7th grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn geometry (chapter 9) the focus is on \u003cb\u003ethe area of polygons\u003c\/b\u003e. This is studied in a logical progression: first the area of right triangles then the area of parallelograms then the area of triangles and lastly the area of polygons. We also review some topics from earlier grades (quadrilaterals perimeter basic drawing). Other major topics in this chapter are calculating \u003cb\u003esurface area\u003c\/b\u003e of some solids using nets and volume of rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLastly in chapter 10 students study\u003cb\u003e statistics\u003c\/b\u003e. The focus idea is that of a statistical distribution. Students learn about measures of center and measures of variability and how to summarize distributions using those. They learn how to make dot plots histograms boxplots and stem-and-leaf plots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis curriculum is essentially the same as the U.S. version of Math Mammoth only customized for the Canadian audience in these aspects:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThe curriculum uses the metric measurement units. Since Canadians do use imperial units such as inches and pounds in some contexts the curriculum does mention them but not often.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThe spelling conforms mostly to American English taking into account a few key differences where Canadian English follows British English.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eNumbers are formatted with a space as a thousands separator and a point as a decimal separator.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003ePage (paper) size is Letter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe US version of the curriculum is aligned to the Common Core Standards which means this curriculum may not be properly aligned to the sixth grade standards in any Canadian province. However you can probably find material for any missing topics in the neighbouring grade levels of Math Mammoth materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAvailable separately Math Mammoth Grade 6-A worktext covers the first half of 6th grade math. Also available are the answer key book (which includes answers for all grade 6 materials) and a book containing cumulative reviews and chapter tests.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42457836945443,"sku":"9781954358454","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1437\/3050\/files\/358073_1_ftc.jpg?v=1781029789","url":"https:\/\/brightbean.com\/en-us\/products\/math-mammoth-grade-6-b-worktext-canadian-version","provider":"Bright Bean Toys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}