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Welcome to 6th Grade Florida B.E.S.T. Standards Resource Page!
This page is your go-to guide for understanding and implementing the 6th Grade Florida B.E.S.T. Math Standards. Below, you’ll find a complete list of all the standards and skills, along with resources to help make your teaching more effective and efficient.
The Florida B.E.S.T. (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking) Math Standards are organized into broad categories called Strands, with specific skills outlined under each. These Strands group related mathematical concepts and provide a clear structure for learning at each grade level.
For 6th grade, the key Strands include:
Each Strand is further broken down into Benchmarks, which are specific skills or concepts that students are expected to learn. For example, the benchmark MA.6.NSO.2.3 focuses on dividing multi-digit numbers and solving real-world problems involving quotients.
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Strand: Number Sense & Operations
Standard: MA.6.NSO.1 – Extend knowledge of numbers to negative numbers and develop an understanding of absolute value.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.NSO.1.1 | I can define, plot, order, and compare rational numbers. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.1.2 | I can represent and compare quantities that have opposite direction using rational numbers. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.1.3 & MA.6.NSO.1.4 | I can interpret the absolute value of rational numbers as their distance from 0, find the absolute value of rational numbers, & solve real-world problems involving absolute value. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.NSO.2 – Add, subtract, multiply and divide positive rational numbers.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.NSO.2.1 | I can multiply and divide multi-digit decimal numbers to the thousandths. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.2.2 | I can compute products of fractions times fractions, including mixed numbers. | – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.2.2 | I can compute products and quotients of fractions by fractions, including mixed numbers. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.2.3 | I can solve multi-step word problems involving any combination of operations and positive rational numbers. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.NSO.3 – Apply properties of operations to rewrite number sin equivalent forms.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.NSO.3.1 | I can find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two whole numbers. | – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.3.2 | I can rewrite the sum of two composite numbers with a common factor as a common factor multiplied by the sum of two whole numbers. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.3.3 | I can evaluate rational numbers and integers with exponents. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.3.4 | I can express whole numbers as a product of their prime factors with or without exponents. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.NSO.3.5 | I can rewrite positive rational numbers in different but equivalent forms, including fractions, terminating decimals, and percentages. | – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.NSO.4 – Extend understanding of operations with integers.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.NSO.4.1 | I can add and subtract integers with procedural fluency. | – Math Tri-Folds – Journal Prompts |
| MA.6.NSO.4.2 | I can multiply and divide integers with procedural fluency. | – Math Tri-Folds – Journal Prompts |
Strand: Algebraic Reasoning
Standard: MA.6.AR.1 – Apply previous understanding of arithmetic expressions to algebraic expressions.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.AR.1.1 | I can translate written descriptions into algebraic expressions and algebraic expressions into written descriptions. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.1.2 | I can translate written descriptions into algebraic inequalities and represent inequalities on a number line. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.1.3 | I can evaluate algebraic expressions using substitution and order of operations. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.1.4 | I can apply properties of operations to generate equivalent algebraic expressions with integer coefficients. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.AR.2 – Develop an understanding of solving equations and inequalities. Write and solve one-step equations in one variable.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.AR.2.1 | I can determine which values from a set make an equation or inequality true or false. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.2.2 | I can write and solve one-step addition and subtraction equations with one variable. | – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.2.3 | I can write and solve one-step multiplication and division equation with one variable. | – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.2.4 | I can find the unknown decimal or fraction in any position of an equation. | – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.AR.3 – Understand ration and unit rate concepts and use them to solve problems.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.AR.3.1 | I can write and interpret ratios to show the relative sizes of two quantities using appropriate notation. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.3.2 | I can calculate and interpret a unit rate for a ratio of quantities in different units. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Journal Prompts – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.3.3 | I can generate or complete a 2 or 3-column table to display equivalent part-to-part or part-to-part-to whole ratios. | – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.3.4 | I can use ratio relationships to solve problems involving percentages using the relationship between two quantities. | – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.AR.3.5 | I can solve real-world problems involving ratios, rates and unit rates, including comparisons, mixtures, ratios of lengths, and conversions within the same measurement system. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Strand: Geometric Reasoning
Standard: MA.6.GR.1 – Apply previous understanding of the coordinate plan to solve problems.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.GR.1.1 | I can plot ordered pairs in all 4 quadrants of the coordinate plane and identify the line of reflection. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.GR.1.2 | I can find distances between ordered pairs with the same x- or y-coordinate. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.GR.1.3 | I can solve real world problems, including the perimeter or area of a rectangle, by plotting points on a coordinate grid. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Standard: MA.6.GR.2 – Model and solve problems involving two-dimensional figures and three-dimensional figures.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.GR.2.1 | I can use the formula for the area of a rectangle to derive a formula for the area of a triangle. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.GR.2.2 | I can find the area of quadrilaterals and composite figures by decomposing them into triangles or rectangles. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.GR.2.3 | I can find the volume of rectangular prisms with rational number side lengths with a visual model and formula. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.GR.2.4 | I can find the surface area of rectangular prisms and rectangular pyramids using the figure’s net. | – Task Cards – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
Strand: Data Analysis & Probability
Standard: MA.6.DP.1 – Develop an understanding of statistics and determine measures of center and measures of variability. Summarize statistical distributions graphically and numerically.
| Benchmark | Skills | Related Resources |
| MA.6.DP.1.1 | I can recognize and formulate a statistical question that would generate variable numerical data. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.DP.1.2 | I can find and interpret the mean, median, mode, and range of a numerical data set. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.DP.1.3 | I can determine the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and the maximum of a box plot and use it to describe the spread and distribution of the data. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.DP.1.4 | I can describe and interpret the spread and distribution of data represented on a histogram or line plot. | – Task Cards – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Mazes – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.DP.1.5 | I can create box plots and histograms to represent sets of numerical data from real-world situations. | – Task Cards – Journal Prompts – Math Tri-Folds |
| MA.6.DP.1.6 | I can determine and describe how changes in data values impact measures of center and variation. | – Task Cards – Math Tri-Folds |