Ramapo Ridge Middle School
Suggested Summer Math Activities
for students who have completed
5th grade math (entering Pre Algebra 6)
Name:_______________________
You’ve learned SO much this year!! It is important that you keep practicing your mathematical knowledge over
the summer to be ready for 6th grade. In this document, you will find a calendar of activities for the months of
July and August.
Once you have completed a week’s worth of activities, have a family member initial the appropriate weekly topic
box on the calendar. On the day for “Fast Facts,” you should practice your multiplication and division facts. You
can select a website or use good ‘ole flashcards to practice your facts. We have listed some of our favorite sites
below. It would be helpful for you to use a summer math notebook to record and show all of your work in a neat
and organized fashion.
www.ixl.com
www.khanacademy.org
www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html
http://www.multiplication.com/students.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
Remember to bring your math notebook and July and August calendars to school in September.
Have a great summer!
Your Sixth Grade Teachers
WEEK 1
PLACE VALUE
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Initials
WEEK 2
ESTIMATION
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Initials
WEEK 3
MEASUREMENT
Column 1
Which means the same as
7,500? Explain.
a. 75 hundreds
b. 75 ones
c. 75 tens
d. 75 thousands
David completed 100
questions on the test. His
teacher said he did ¼ of
them correctly. Which best
describes the number of
questions he answered
correctly?
a. A little more than 20
b. A little more than 50
c . A little more than 30
d. A little less than 20
Fast Facts
How did you practice?
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Amount of Time: ____
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Initials
WEEK 4
COMPUTATION
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Initials
Simplify without using a
calculator:
a) 5476 + 345 =
b) 54.2 + 3.45 =
c) 123.89 – 98.50 =
d) $90.00 - $19.67 =
Column 2
Which sum has the value of 524?
Explain.
a. 5 tens + 24 ones
b. 5 hundreds + 24 tens
c. 5 hundreds + 2 tens + 4 ones
d. 4 hundreds + 24 tens
Column 3
In the numeral
2,564 the digit 5
has a value of:
a. 5
b. 50
c. 564
d. 500
Column 4
In what numeral does 4
have the least value?
Explain.
a. 648
b. 438
c. 2004
d. 4002
John wanted to
ESTIMATE the
product of 5.2
and 6.7 What
the best
estimate for his
problem?
Explain.
Mrs. Jones spent
$682 on groceries
last month. This
month she spent
$423 on groceries.
ABOUT how much
less did she spend
on groceries this
month than last
month?
Which expression can be used to
find the volume of a rectangular
prism that measures 5 feet wide,
6 feet long and 4 feet high? Draw
a diagram and explain your
answer.
a) 30 X 4
b) (5 + 6) X 4
c) 30 + 30 + 30 + 30
d) 5 + 6+ 4
e) 30 + 4
A football field
is 100 YARDS
long. How many
FEET would you
run if you ran
exactly half way
down the
field? Draw a
diagram to
show work.
An 18-wheeler truck is 10
meters long. What is the
length of the truck in
centimeters? Draw a
diagram to show work.
Which of the following is a
representation of 4.082. Explain.
a) 4  8  2
Simplify without
using a
calculator:
In a car lot there are 38
rows with 25 parking spots
in each row. How many
parking spots are there in
all?
Fast Facts
How did you practice?
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Amount of Time: _________
10 1000
b) four and eighty-two thousandths
c) four and eight and two hundredths
d) 4  8 X 1  2 X 1
10
100
a) 334 x 6 =
b) 1.23 X 5 =
c) 34.12  7.6
d) 45.78  100
Column 5
Fast Facts
How did you practice?
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Amount of Time: _____
In June, Christy
earned about $18 for
mowing lawns and $29
for babysitting. ABOUT
how much did she earn
altogether? Explain
your reasoning.
Measure the length of
your bed, the height of
your refrigerator and the
width of a door in your
house. Record the
measurements in inches.
We will use this data in
September for a fun lab.
Column 6
Express (3 x1000) +
(2x100) + (1x10) + (8x1)
in standard form.
Jane needs to add 7
1
8
3
and 4 . To find a good
4
estimate of the sum,
which expression
would be best for Jane
to use? Explain.
a. 7 + 4
b. 7 + 5
c. 71 + 44
d. 8 + 4
A pool shaped like a
rectangular prism is 40
feet long, 20 feet wide
and 4 feet deep.
Attached to the side of
the pool is a hot tub with
1
the volume of the
4
pool. What is the total
volume of the pool and
the hot tub?
Which equation is true?
Show work to support your
answer.
a) 61  5  3,050 10
b)
c)
381 27  1,143  9
8,054  8  64, 432
d) 5,621
 42  236,082
Fast Facts
How did you practice?
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Amount of Time:
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WEEK 1
FRACTIONS
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Initials
Column 1
Which two fractions
could have a like
denominator of 18?
Circle all that apply and
show work to support
your answer.
1
4
5 6
6 12
1 4
8 9
WEEK 2
DECIMALS
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WEEK 3
PROBLEM
SOLVING
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Initials
WEEK 4
GEOMETRY
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Initials
Column 2
a)Draw a circle.
Shade ⅔ of the
circle.
b)Draw a number
line that shows the
numbers from 0 to 1
in increments of
1
Column 3
Maria needs 5/8 ft of fabric
to complete the project, but
she only has 3/8 ft of fabric.
How much more fabric does
she need?
Column 4
Fast Facts
.
Johnny drank
3
Column 6
of a
drank
2
of a cup of
4
milk. How much milk
did they drink in all?
Draw a diagram to
support your answer.
Which decimal is
greater 0.9 or .77
Explain your answer.
Daisha spent $18.95 on
a large box of greeting cards,
$2.95 for a roll of ribbon,
$15.64 for a scrapbook, and
$5.00 for writing paper. The
cashier gave Daisha
$7.46 change. How much did
Daisha give to the cashier?
Neil, Amon, Liam and
Jose earned $55 for a
landscaping project.
If they divided the
money evenly, how
much money would
they each receive?
Write seven
hundredths in
standard form.
Brent wants to earn
$200 to buy a new
skateboard. He can earn
money mowing lawns.
Brent can earn
$10 for each lawn he
mows. He can mow at
most 4 lawns per week.
How many weeks must
Brent mow lawns to buy
the skateboard?
How did you
practice?
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Alexandria works at a bakery.
On Monday, she baked 388
cookies. On Tuesday,
Alexandria baked 200 less
cookies than on Monday.
How many cookies did
Alexandria bake on Tuesday?
The Harborside
cafeteria sells veggie
pizza and cheese
pizza. Today they
sold 25 pizzas at
lunch. They sold
seven more cheese
pizzas than veggie
pizzas. How many of
each pizza did they
sell?
John, Tim and Jose
went out for dinner
and spent a total of
$25.02. If they split
the bill evenly, how
much would each boy
pay?
Draw a picture of a
quadrilateral. How many
sides does it have?
Is a circle a polygon?
Why or why not??
What is the difference
between an octagon and a
hexagon? Draw a diagram to
illustrate your answer.
Find the perimeter
and area of a square
that has a length of
15 ft.
Fast Facts
How did you
practice?__________
Amount of Time: ____
Amount of Time:
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Nico ran
Reflex log
4
of a mile, Sarah ran
5
4
cup of milk and Tasha
How did
you practice?
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Amount of Time:
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5
Column 5
2
3
of a mile and Ron ran 1
1
3
of a mile. How many miles did
they run all together?
Look through a grocery store
flyer (online or from the
newspaper.) Find the cost of at
least 3 different items that are
sold by weight (fruits,
vegetables and meat).
Decide with a family member
how much of each item you
need for your family. How
much will be the total cost of
all 3 items?
A brownie recipe calls for 2/3
cup oil. If you tripled the
recipe, how much oil would
you need?
Your rose garden is shaped like
an isosceles triangle and two of
the sides measure 4 feet and 6
feet. What could be the
perimeter of the rose garden?
How did you
practice? _______
Amount of Time:
Draw a model a diagram to
support your answer.