Grade 6 Term 3 Mathematics Guide

Section 1 – Length
– Measuring Instruments
– Units of measurement
– Converting millimetres ( mm ) & centimetres ( cm )
– Converting centimetres ( cm ) & metres ( m )
– Converting metres ( m ) & kilometres ( km )

RECAP – Fractions
– Understanding what a fraction is:
– Equivelent fractions
– Comparing Fractions
– Decimals and Decimal Fractions

Section 2 – 2-D Shapes
– Regular polygon characteristics
– Irregular polygon characteristics
– What is a Parallelogram?
– What is a Quadrilateral?
– What are diagonals?
– Angles
– Working with circles

Section 3 – Symmetry
– Types of Symmetry – Lines of symmetry
– Types of Symmetry – Transformations – Rotational Symmetry
– Types of Symmetry – Transformations – Translation
– Types of Symmetry – Transformations – Line of Reflection
– Enlargement of 2-D shapes
– Reduction of 2-D shapes
– Patterns

Section 4 – Properties of 3D Objects
– What are 3D objects?
– Properties of 3D Objects.
– Types of 3D objects
– What is a Prism?
– What is a Tetrahedron?
– What is a Pyramid?
– What is a Concave 3D Object?
– What is a Convex 3D Object?

Section 5 – Area, Perimeter and Volume ( 2D )
– What is the measurement of area? ( 2D shape )
– What is perimeter?
– The perimeter of a circle ( cm )
– The perimeter of a triangle ( mm )
– What is Volume?

Grade 6 Term 3 Mathematics Guide

– Section 1 – Length

– Section 2 – 2-D Shapes

– Section 3 – Symmetry

– Section 4 – Properties of 3D objects