Mathematics Home Learning

Looking for ways to prepare, review, or challenge yourself this year?

Here is a list of activities that you might already be doing with your family, or that you
might do individually, including some desk-type work, that will enhance your conceptual
understanding of mathematics.

Parents: Interested in reading and learning more about math support/enrichment for
your child? Check out YouCubed’s Parent Page!

Activity (Your Family Might BC Curricular Connections THINK about the questions and JOT
Already Be Planning) (Grade 6/7) notes below:

PLAY Marshmallow Popper Circumference and area of What is the circumference and area
Game circles of circles? LABEL on circle below:

Visualize to explore
mathematical concepts

Model mathematics in
contextualized experiences

- Whoever gets their How can you MEASURE this?

marshmallow the farthest
wins!

↔
- TRY it with different
bottom-sized cups and
see which works best

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PLAY Monopoly Financial literacy — simple LIST the properties and prices you
budgeting brought them for below:
- informed decision making
on saving and purchasing

Single-outcome probability, both

theoretical and experimental Were there any properties you
(rolling the two dice) passed on buying? Why or why not?

Watch this VIDEO if you need a

TALLY the amount of times you
review on how to play the game.
rolled doubles:

TALLY the amount of times you

rolled doubles twice in a row:

TALLY the amount of times you

rolled doubles three times in a row:

What do you notice?

BAKING TIME Ratios Choose a recipe of your choice and

increase/decrease the ingredient
Improper fractions and mixed amounts to serve
PHOTOS of dessert ideas
numbers - One person:

Referents and relationships - Your family:

between units
- A party of 15:

Now take a PICTURE of your

finished product and share it here:

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Going on VACATION?
Have your child research the
best deals and have them
convince you about why it’s the
best deal!
- Booking flights
- Discount deals
- Renting a car
ROAD TRIP?
Watch this VIDEO and decide
which Canadian road trip you
would like to take.
You can READ about the
different road trips as well.
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Financial literacy — simple DOWNLOAD document and plan
budgeting your dream vacation!
- informed decision making
on saving and purchasing Have fun with it!
- financial percentage
calculations
- sales tax, discount, sale
price
Discrete linear functional
relationships (renting a car)
Operations with integers
Use mathematical vocabulary
and language to contribute to
mathematical discussions
Explain and justify mathematical
ideas and decisions Want to listen to MUSIC as you
plan your vacation?
Communicate mathematical
thinking in many ways
Represent mathematical ideas
in concrete, pictorial, and
symbolic form
Use reasoning and logic to
explore, analyze, and apply
mathematical ideas
Cartesian coordinates and Where do you want to go for your
graphing road trip?
Add a PIN on Google Maps to
attractions you want to visit during
your road trip.

KITCHEN CHORES
Sort and put away leftovers after
a meal into appropriately-sized
containers
GROCERY SHOPPING
- Make a budget, shop for
the week
- Keep a mental estimate
while shopping
- Compare receipts to
estimate
- If bought things on sale,
figure out total saved
versus percentage saved
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Volume of rectangular prisms
and cylinders
Use reasoning and logic to
explore, analyze, and apply
mathematical ideas
Operations with integers
Operations with decimals
Relationships between
decimals, fractions, ratios, and
percents
Estimate reasonably
Ratios (for unit prices)
Multiplication and division facts
Use reasoning and logic to
explore, analyze, and apply
mathematical ideas
Write the ADDRESS for each
attraction you plan to visit:
WRITE a description for each
attractio you plan to visit.
Take a PICTURE of tonight's leftover
and put it here:
Estimate how much food is left and
decide which container it should be
packed in.
Now take another PICTURE of the
leftover in its container and put it
here:
Was the container too big or too
small?
With your family, plan a one week
meal plan.
Look at receipts and estimate how
much each meal will cost.
JOT down the ingredients you need
here:
Write your week dinner MENU here:
GAME NIGHT Use logic and patterns to solve PLAY SUDOKU or CONNECT 4
puzzles and play games online.
Sudoku, jigsaw puzzles,
Connect-4, Solitaire, checkers, Take a SCREENSHOT of the
chess, Scrabble, Set, KenKen finished sudoku/connect4 game
and place it here:

OR

Find a puzzle to complete at home

and take a picture to place here:

KHAN ACADEMY Use logic and patterns to solve Explore KHAN ACADEMY in your
puzzles and play games, grade level.
including coding
- Work on a grade-level
mission
*All curricular content
- Work on a specific area of
mathematics
- Coding

YOUCUBED’S ONLINE MATH Use reasoning and logic to Parents, explore YOUCUBED to
COURSE explore, analyze, and apply read more about math learning to
mathematical ideas support your child.

- Useful for students and Visualize to explore

parents alike mathematical concepts
- Free online course
beneficial to grades 6/7+ Model mathematics in
- Based out of Stanford contextualized experiences
University
Use mathematical vocabulary
and language to contribute to
mathematical discussions

Explain and justify mathematical

ideas and decisions

Communicate mathematical
thinking in many ways

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PAINT A ROOM
- Figure out the amount of
paint needed, buy the
paint, paint the room (with Financial literacy — simple
supervision or help!)
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Operations with integers Explore PINTEREST for inspiration
on how you want to paint your room.
Area of shapes
What COLOUR do you want to paint
our room?
budgeting
- informed decision making
MEASURE the wall (length x width)
on saving and purchasing
you plan to paint and decide how
- financial percentage
much paint you will need.
calculations
- sales tax, discount, sale
How much will the PAINT cost?
price
Use mathematical vocabulary
and language to contribute to
mathematical discussions
Explain and justify mathematical
ideas and decisions
Use reasoning and logic to
explore, analyze, and apply
mathematical ideas