Math is more than memorizing formulas and doing calculations. Math involves:

• Highly practical and hands-on problems and skills
• Rich problem-solving activities in collaboration with your peers
• Some problems that will stretch your understanding to the abstract and theoretical
• Using technology to develop, demonstrate and communicate your mathematical understandings

Grade 6 Mathematics

• I complete operations with numbers. Your child will learn about negative numbers and powers. They will multiply and divide decimal numbers and add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. They will begin to work with ratios, algebraic properties, and the Cartesian plane.
• What Your Child is Learning
  • add, subtract, multiply, and divide, using standard procedures (algorithms), to solve problems
  • multiply fractions by natural numbers
  • calculate area and volume
  • solve algebraic equations
  • collect, graph, and interpret data
• For more information about Grade 6 Mathematics, refer to the new curriculum.

Grade 7 Mathematics

• I’m learning about statistics. Your child will learn and explain the divisibility rules, solve problems involving percent, and add and subtract integers. They will add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers. Your child will model and solve one-step equations and two-step equations, and solve problems involving area. They will understand the mean, median, and mode for a set of data and create and interpret circle graphs.
• What Your Child is Learning
  • compare and order positive fractions, decimals, and whole numbers
  • add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals and use percent to solve problems
  • understand the relationship between fractions and decimals, including repeating decimals
  • add and subtract fractions and integers
  • use tables, graphs, equations, and words to describe number patterns
  • work with expressions and equations to solve problems
  • understand the relationship between radius, diameter, and circumference in a circle
  • develop and apply formulas for the area of triangles, parallelograms, and circles
  • perform geometric constructions for lines and angles
  • plot points in all four quadrants of a grid
  • perform reflections, rotations, and translations of 2-D shapes in all four quadrants
  • express probabilities as ratios, fractions, and percents
• For more information about Grade 7 Mathematics, refer to the program of studies

Grade 8 Mathematics

• I’m understanding ratios, rates, and proportions. Your teen will understand perfect squares and square roots, and solve problems involving percents, rates, ratios, and proportions. They will multiply and divide positive fractions, mixed numbers, and integers. Your teen will solve problems involving the Pythagorean theorem, surface area, volume, and probability of independent events.
• What Your Child is Learning
  • estimate square roots of numbers
  • solve problems involving percents greater than or equal to 0%
  • express percents as fractions and decimals
  • solve linear equations
  • use tables, graphs, equations, and words to describe number patterns
  • represent 3-D objects as nets and in different views
  • determine the surface area of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders
  • develop and apply formulas for the volume of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders
  • understand congruency of polygons
  • interpret graphs critically
• For more information about Grade 8 Mathematics, refer to the program of studies.

Grade 9 Mathematics

• I’m working with powers and polynomials. Your teen will solve problems involving powers and apply the order of operations, including exponents. They will solve problems involving operations on positive and negative fractions and decimals and understand square roots of positive numbers. They will model and solve problems, using linear equations and linear inequalities in one variable. They will also be introduced to polynomials and solve problems involving circle geometry and scale diagrams.
• What Your Child is Learning
  • understand and operate with powers that have integral bases and whole number exponents
  • compare and order fractions and decimals
  • add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative fractions and decimals
  • determine square roots of positive rational numbers that are perfect squares
  • estimate square roots of positive numbers that are non-perfect squares
  • interpolate or extrapolate from the graph of a linear relation to solve problems
  • add and subtract polynomials
  • multiply and divide a polynomial by a monomial
  • solve problems involving surface area of composite 3-D objects
  • understand similarity of polygons
  • understand line and rotation symmetry
  • understand data collection techniques and biases
• For more information about Grade 9 Mathematics, refer to the program of studies.