LUMINAMATH COMPETITION MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM

6th Grade

CHAPTER 1. NATURAL NUMBERS

1.1. Operations with natural numbers

Addition of natural numbers; properties. Subtraction of natural numbers. Multiplication of natural

numbers; properties. Common factor. Order of operations, use of parentheses.

1.2. Exponentiation

Raising a natural number to the power with a natural exponent; comparison of powers, calculation rules
with powers; perfect squares.

1.3. Division Theorem

The remainder division theorem of natural numbers.

1.4. Divisibility

Divisor, multiple, divisibility criteria, prime numbers, composite numbers; decomposition of natural
numbers into products of prime factors, greatest common divisor, least common multiple, common
divisors of two or more natural numbers, coprime numbers, common multiples, the relationship
between the GCD and the LCM,

problems that are solved using divisibility, properties of the divisibility relation

1.5. Arithmetic mean

Arithmetic mean of two or more natural numbers.

1.6. Equations and inequations in N

Equations and inequations in the set of natural numbers.

Problems that are solved with the help of equations and inequations.
1.7. Types of problems

Problems that are solved with the figure method, by estimations, by testing; logic and probability
problems; data organization problems in tables.

Simple counting problems.

CHAPTER 2. SETS

2.1. Sets, subsets

Sets: description, notations; elements; the relationship of belonging; inclusion relation, subsets.

2.2. Operations on sets

Intersection, reunion, difference.

2.3. Cardinal of a set

The cardinal of a set, the cardinal of the union of two sets.

CHAPTER 3. POSITIVE RATIONAL NUMBERS

3.1. Ordinary fractions

Equiunit, subunit, superunit fractions, equivalent fractions, fraction amplification and simplification,
fraction comparison.

3.2. Operations with ordinary fractions

Finding a fraction of a natural number; percent. The ratio of two numbers. Percent.

Adding and subtracting ordinary fractions that have the same denominator.

3.3. Decimal fractions

Transformation of decimal fractions into ordinary fractions and vice versa.

Comparing, ordering, and representing decimal fractions on the number line.

3.4. Operations with decimal fractions

Operations with decimal fractions that have a finite number of non-zero decimal places: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, exponentiation, order of operations, division, order of operations.

3.5. Periodic Decimal Fractions

Transformation of periodic decimal fractions into ordinary decimal fractions and vice versa.

Operations with periodic decimal fractions.

3.6. Equations

Equations and inequations in the set of positive rational numbers. Problems that are solved with the
help of equations and inequalities.

CHAPTER 4. ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

4.1. The line segment

Measurement of a segment, congruent segments, midpoint of a segment, axiom of addition of

segments, collinear points.

4.2. Measurement units

Units of measurement for lengths. Units of measure for volume. Units of measure for volume, mass,
time, area.

4.3. Geometric figures

Angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, presenting by description and drawing; recognizing elements: sides,
angles, diagonals, center and radius of the circle.