South African Grade 6 Mathematics

The final Intermediate-Phase year (age 11–12). Grade 6 meets negative numbers and ratio, links fractions, decimals and percentages together, plots the coordinate plane, and rounds out geometry with area and volume. Builds on Grade 5.

Number

Fractions, decimals, percentages & ratio

  1. Introduction to ratio

Patterns, graphs, geometry & data

  1. Numeric patterns
  2. Perimeter and area
  3. Surface area & volume
  4. Transformations
  5. Mean, median & mode
  6. Basic probability

Begin → Negative numbers