6TH GRADE PRE-AP FIRST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDEPART IDecember 2011 – January 2012

SEMESTER EXAM FORMAT

45 questions Multiple Choice, Fill-in, and short answer Online format (quia.com) 2 hour time-limit Will count for 10 percent of semester grade No re-takes allowed

AREAS ADDRESSED ON SEMESTER EXAM

Decimal Operations (ASMD) Fraction Operations (ASMD) Greatest Common Factor Least Common Multiple Identifying Prime and Composite Numbers Order of Operations Prime Factorization Integers Coordinate Plane Conversion of Rational Numbers Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers Ratios, Rates, Unit Rates Proportions Mean, Median, Mode, Range Graph Types

PREPARING FOR THE EXAM

Pull out relevant vocabulary cards to study Create study sheets with your algorithms

(step-by-step solutions) on how to address each item covered on the exam. You can copy or download the Glencoe PDF files.

Study with a partner over the phone, on chat, or in person.

Do Practice Problems on Khan Academy.org Complete Self-Check Quizzes and send

results to nmcgeeclasses@gmail.com.

6TH GRADE PRE-AP FIRST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDEDECIMAL OPERATIONSDecember 2011 – January 2012

DECIMAL OPERATIONS - VIDEOS

Do you know how to add decimals?Adding Decimals

Do you know how to subtract decimals?Subtracting Decimals

Do you know how to multiply decimals?Multiplying Decimals

Do you know how to divide decimals?Dividing Decimals

DECIMAL OPERATIONS – HOW TO IN PDF

Glencoe PDF on Adding and Subtracting Decimals.Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Glencoe PDF on Multiplying Decimals: Glencoe PDF about Multiplying Decimals

Glencoe PDF on Dividing Decimals:Glencoe How to Divide Decimals in PDF

DECIMAL OPERATIONS – SELF-CHECK QUIZZES

Adding and Subtracting Decimals Self-Check Quiz: Adding and Subtracting Decimals Self-Check Quiz

Multiplying Decimals Self-Check Quiz: Multiplying Decimals Self-Check Quiz

Dividing Decimals Self-Check Quiz:Dividing Decimals Self-Check Quiz

6TH GRADE PRE-AP FIRST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDEFRACTION OPERATIONSDecember 2011 – January 2012

FRACTION OPERATIONS - VIDEOS Do you know how to add fractions with like

denominators? Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

Do you know how to add fractions with unlike denominators? Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Do you know how to subtract fractions? Khan Academy adding and subtracting fractions

Do you know how to multiply fractions? Multiplying Fractions

Do you know how to divide fractions? Dividing Fractions

FRACTION OPERATIONS – HOW TO IN PDF

Glencoe PDF on Adding and Subtracting Fractions: Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Glencoe PDF on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Glencoe PDF on Simplifying Fractions:Simplifying Fractions

Glencoe PDF on Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers

FRACTION OPERATIONS – SELF-CHECK QUIZZES

ADDING AND SUBTRACTING

Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers Self-Check Quiz: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers Self-Check Quiz

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators Self-Check Quiz: Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with unlike Denominators Self-Check Quiz: Adding and Subtracting Decimals with Unlike Denominators

Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Self-Check Quiz: Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Renaming Self-Check Quiz: Subtracting Mixed Numbers

FRACTION OPERATIONS – SELF-CHECK QUIZZES

MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING

Multiplying Fractions Self-Check Quiz: Multiplying Fractions

Multiplying Mixed Numbers Self-Check Quiz: Multiplying Mixed Numbers

Dividing Fractions Self-Check Quiz: Dividing Fractions

Dividing Mixed Numbers Self-Check Quiz: Dividing Mixed Numbers

6TH GRADE PRE-AP FIRST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDENUMBER FUNDAMENTALSDecember 2011 – January 2012

DEFINITIONS TO KNOW

Prime Number Composite Number Greatest Common Factor Least Common Multiple Power Exponent Base Prime Factorization Integers Order of Operations

PRIME AND COMPOSITE NUMBERS

Video on Prime and Composite Numbers: Prime and Composite Numbers

Glencoe Self Check Quiz on Prime Factors: Prime and Composite Numbers

GREATEST COMMON FACTOR (GCF)LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE (LCM)

Video: GCF and LCM

Greatest Common Factor Glencoe how-to in PDF:

Greatest Common Factor Glencoe Self-Check Quiz:

Greatest Common Factor Quiz

Least Common Multiple Glencoe how-to in PDF: Least Common Multiple Glencoe Self-Check Quiz:

Least Common Multiple Quiz

PRIME FACTORIZATION

Video: Prime Factorization

Glencoe how-to in PDF: Prime Factorization

POWERS AND EXPONENTS

Self-Check Quiz: Powers and Exponents

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Video: Order of Operations

Self-Check Quiz on Order of Operations: Order of Operations Quiz

INTEGERS

Self Check Quiz: Integer Quiz

COORDINATE PLANE

Glencoe how-to in PDF: Graphing Ordered Pairs

Self Check Quiz: The Coordinate Plane