Virginia SOL 6.NS.1

What students need to be able to do

• Estimate and determine the percent represented by a given model (e.g., number line, picture, verbal description), including percents greater than 100% and less than 1%.
• Represent and determine equivalencies among decimals (through the thousandths place) and percents using number lines, concrete models, and pictorial models.
• Represent and determine equivalencies among fractions (proper or improper) and mixed numbers with denominators ≤12 or factors of 100 and percents using number lines, concrete models, and pictorial models.
• Represent and determine equivalencies among decimals, percents, fractions (proper or improper), and mixed numbers with denominators ≤12 or factors of 100 using number lines, concrete models, and pictorial models.
• Compare and order up to four positive rational numbers (fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, percents) using multiple strategies (benchmarks, number line, equivalency) with and without models.
• Justify solutions for comparing and ordering rational numbers orally, in writing, or with a model.