Unit 1: Number System Fluency

Sixth Grade Mathematics

Unit Essential Question: How can I use algorithms, models, and properties to develop number
system fluency?
Georgia Standards of Excellence: MGSE6.NS.1, MGSE6.NS.2, MGSE6.NS.3, MGSE6.NS.4
Acquisition Lesson
1

Acquisition Lesson
2

Acquisition Lesson
3

Acquisition Lesson
4

Acquisition Lesson
5

Concept: GCF and

LCM

Concept:
Distributive Property

Concept:
Computation of
Multi-Digit Decimals

Concept: Dividing
Multi-Digit Numbers

Concept: Dividing
Fractions

Standards(s):
MGSE6.NS.2

Standard(s):
MGSE6.NS.1

Lesson EQ:
When I divide
one number by
another number,
why do I always
get a quotient
smaller than my
original number?

Lesson EQs:
Why does the
process of invert
and multiply work
when dividing
fractions?
When I divide a
fraction by a
fraction what do
the dividend,
quotient, and
divisor represent?
What kind of
models can I use
to show solutions
to word problems
involving
fractions?

Standard(s):
MGSE6.NS.4
Lesson EQs:
When or why
would it be useful
to know the
greatest common
factor of a set of
numbers?
When or why
would it be useful
to know the least
common multiple
of a set of
numbers?
How can the
distributive
property help me
with
computation?

Standard(s):
MGSE6.NS.4
Lesson EQ:
How can the
distributive
property help me
with
computation?

Standard(s):
MGSE6.NS.3
Lesson EQs:
Which strategies
are helpful when
dividing multidigit numbers?
Which strategies
are helpful when
performing
operations on
multi-digit
decimals?

Vocabulary
Algorithm
factor
product

difference distributive property

least common multiple minuend

dividend
multiple

divisor
quotient

factor
greatest common
reciprocal sum subtrahend