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 [email protected].
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