UNIT

1 Numbers

Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

MODULE
1 Integers

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Ready for Module 1 . . . . . 6

6.NS.5 1.1 Identifying Integers and Their Opposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6.NS.7b 1.2 Comparing and Ordering Integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
6.NS.7c 1.3 Absolute Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Module 1 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

MODULE
2 Factors and Multiples
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Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Getting Ready for Module 2 . . . . 30
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6.NS.4 2.1 Greatest Common Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.NS.4 2.2 Least Common Multiple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Module 2 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
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3 Rational Numbers

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Getting Ready for Module 3 . . . . 46

6.NS.6 3.1 Classifying Rational Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

6.NS.6c 3.2 Identifying Opposites and Absolute Value of
Rational Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.NS.7a 3.3 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Module 3 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

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Unit 1 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
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2 Number Operations

Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

MODULE
4 Operations with Fractions

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Getting Ready for Module 4 . . . . 78

6.NS.4 4.1 Applying GCF and LCM to Fraction Operations . . . . . . . . 79

6.NS.1 4.2 Dividing Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6.NS.1 4.3 Dividing Mixed Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.NS.1 4.4 Solving Multistep Problems with Fractions and Mixed
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Module 4 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
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5 Operations with Decimals

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Getting Ready for Module 5 . . . 106

6.NS.2 5.1 Dividing Whole Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

6.NS.3 5.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
6.NS.3 5.3 Multiplying Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
6.NS.3 5.4 Dividing Decimals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
6.NS.3 5.5 Applying Operations with Rational Numbers . . . . . . . .131
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Module 5 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Unit 2 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
 UNIT

3 Proportionality:
Ratios and Rates
Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

MODULE
6 Representing Ratios and Rates

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Getting Ready for Module 6 . . . 148

6.RP.1 6.1 Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

6.RP.2 6.2 Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
6.RP.3 6.3 Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems . . . . . . . . . . 161
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Module 6 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

7 Applying Ratios and Rates

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Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Getting Ready for Module 7 . . . 172
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6.RP.3a 7.1 Ratios, Rates, Tables, and Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

6.RP.3 7.2 Applying Ratio and Rate Reasoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
6.RP.3d 7.3 Converting Within Measurement Systems . . . . . . . . . . 185
6.RP.3d 7.4 Converting Between Measurement Systems . . . . . . . . 193
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Module 7 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
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8 Percents

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Getting Ready for Module 8 . . . 204

6.RP.3c 8.1 Understanding Percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

6.RP.3 8.2 Percents, Fractions, and Decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
6.RP.3c 8.3 Solving Percent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Module 8 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Unit 3 Assessment Readiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

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4 Equivalent Expressions

Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

MODULE
9 Generating Equivalent Numerical
Expressions

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Getting Ready for Module 9 . . . 238

6.EE.1 9.1 Exponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

6.EE.1 9.2 Prime Factorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
6.EE.1 9.3 Order of Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Module 9 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

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MODULE Generating Equivalent Algebraic

Expressions

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Getting Ready for Module 10 . . 262
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6.EE.2a 10.1 Modeling and Writing Expressions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

6.EE.2c 10.2 Evaluating Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
6.EE.3 10.3 Generating Equivalent Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Module 10 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Unit 4 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
UNIT

5 Equations and
Inequalities
Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

MODULE
11 Equations and Relationships

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Getting Ready for Module 11 . . 298

6.EE.7 11.1 Writing Equations to Represent Situations . . . . . . . . . 299

6.EE.7 11.2 Addition and Subtraction Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
6.EE.5 11.3 Multiplication and Division Equations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
6.EE.8 11.4 Writing Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Module 11 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

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MODULE Relationships in Two Variables

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Getting Ready for Module 12 . . 332

6.NS.6c 12.1 Graphing on the Coordinate Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

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6.EE.9 12.2 Independent and Dependent Variables in Tables

and Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
6.EE.9 12.3 Writing Equations from Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
6.EE.9 12.4 Representing Algebraic Relationships in Tables
and Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Module 12 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Unit 5 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
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6 Relationships in
Geometry
Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

MODULE
13 Area and Polygons

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Getting Ready for Module 13 . . 372

6.G.1 13.1 Area of Quadrilaterals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

6.G.1 13.2 Area of Triangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
6.G.1 13.3 Solving Area Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
6.G.1 13.4 Area of Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Module 13 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
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MODULE
14 Distance and Area in the
Coordinate Plane

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 401
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Getting Ready for Module 14 . . 402

6.NS.8 14.1 Distance in the Coordinate Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

6.G.3 14.2 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Module 14 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416
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15 Surface Area and Volume
of Solids

Real-World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Getting Ready for Module 15 . . 420

6.G.4 15.1 Nets and Surface Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

6.G.2 15.2 Volume of Rectangular Prisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
6.G.2 15.3 Solving Volume Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Module 15 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

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Study Guide Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Unit 6 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
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7 Measurement and Data

Math in Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Unit Project Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

MODULE
16 Displaying, Analyzing, and
Summarizing Data

Real World Video . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Reading Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Getting Ready for Module 16 . . 450

6.SP.5 16.1 Measures of Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

6.SP.5c 16.2 Mean Absolute Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
6.SP.4 16.3 Box Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465
6.SP.4 16.4 Dot Plots and Data Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
6.SP.4 16.5 Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479
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Ready to Go On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Module 16 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486

Study Guide Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Unit Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Unit 7 Assessment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491