Brief Info about Korean Mathematics curriculum for each grade

This information will give a guidance for essential understandings about Korean mathematics standard of learning curriculum for grade 6. This article delineates the key concept and mathematical knowledge that all students should grasp to demonstrate an understanding in Grade 6.

Grade 6
6-1 the first semester

1. Prism and pyramid
the nets of rectangular prism and pyramid
the number of faces, vertices and edges of prism and pyramid

2. Division of fractions
strategy to solve practical problems involving division of fractions

3. Division of decimals
multistep practical problems involving division of decimals with a remainder

4. Ratio
the concept of ratio, appropriate notations of a ratio

5. Area of circle
the concept of pi, the value of pi(π), the relationship between circumference and diameter of a circle
find the area of a circle by using πr²

6. Surface area and volume of rectangular prism
describe and determine the volume and surface area of a rectangular prism
relationship between volume and capacity

6-2 the second semester

1. Building blocks
describe various building blocks
describe figure from a top, front, side view of building blocks

2. Proportion and proration
apply proportion to solve practical problems involving a proportional situation

3. Cylinder, cone and sphere
the nets of cylinder and cone
the longitudinal section and cross section of a cylinder, cone and sphere

4. Proportion graph
display band graph and circle graph, interpret data from proportion graph

5. Direct proportion and inverse proportion
the concept of direct proportion and inverse proportion
define relation between two quantities by using direct proportion and inverse proportion

6. Various practical problems for grade 6
multiplication and division with fraction and decimal
numerical array by patterns and rules