Syllabus focus for final exam – 2010-11 – Grade 6

Number theory

·          Identify and use natural numbers, integers (positive, negative and zero), prime numbers, square numbers, common factors and common multiples.  

·         HCF & LCM  

·         Estimation  

·         Calculate times in terms of the 24-hour and 12-hour clock; read clocks, dials and timetables.  

·         Number sequences

 

Geometry

·         Use and interpret the geometrical terms: point, line, parallel, right angle, acute, obtuse and reflex angles, perpendicular, use and interpret vocabulary of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, polygons  

·         Construct different angles using protractors

·         Construction of triangles using compass and protractor.




Mensuration

·         Carry out calculations involving the perimeter and area of square, rectangle.



Ratio

• Symbol and terminologies
• Ratio in simplest form
• Comparison of ratio  

 

Percentages

• Converting a percentage to fraction and decimal and vice versa
• Finding percentage of a quantity
• Finding a quantity when percentage is given
• Application problems

Algebra

• Notations and terminology
• Substitution, addition and subtraction
• Multiplication of algebraic expressions
• Solving simple linear equations

Coordinates

• Coordinate concepts
• Plotting of points on a graph

Statistics

• Collect, classify and tabulate data
• Read and interpret graphs
• Bar charts ,pictograms, line graphs