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Common Core Math: Grade 6: Ratios & Proportions

In sixth grade, students are introduced to the concept of a ratio between two quantities. From ratios, students compute unit rates and interpret them in real-world contexts. Students reason with ratios and represent their thinking with tables of equivalent ratios, points in the coordinate plane, tape diagrams, number line diagrams and equations. Students solve problems involving percents and rates and use ratio reasoning to convert between units of measurement.
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CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.1
sixth grade common core standard RP.A.3

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sixth grade common core standards about ratios
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Ratios

Compute and interpret ratios.

Use and interpret ratio notation (CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.1):

8:2
3:4:1

Determine the unit rate associated with a ratio (CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.2):

$80 for 10 items
20 miles in 4 hours
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Percentages

Perform computations involving percentages.

Calculate a percentage of a number (CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3c):

48% of 50
15 percent of 70

Convert a fraction to a percentage (CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3c):

convert 2/5 to a percent
what percent is 15 out of 60?
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Measurement Conversions

Convert between measurement units.

Use ratios to convert between units (CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3d):

convert 10 meters to inches
how many grams in 2 pounds?
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