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Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

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Students in Mrs. Celestial Piedra's 6th grade class at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway used Geoboards to reinforce an area and perimeter lesson. Students found the hands-on activity useful.

“The most important thing I learned in this project is to work well with your partners and how all the businesses in the world use math to be successful in business,” said sixth-grader Isaac Gardner.