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 HomeworkHelp