Grade 6 Lesson plan
Tarrowford Farm's New Well: One-Step Equations for Watering
A 50-minute grade 6 lesson in which students write and solve one-step equations for pumping minutes, gallons added, and rows watered on a berry farm.
Common Core Math · Grade 6
6.EE.B.7 Solve one-step equations
Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students solve px = q to find how many gallons a fixed conservation budget buys at a given price per gallon, or x + p = q to find how much water is left in a tank after a known amount drains. One-step equations here formalize the guess-and-check water problems students solved in earlier grades.
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Lesson plans
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Pellmore's Valve Crew: Expressions for a Week of Inspections
A grade 6 lesson built on a utility valve crew's weekly count: students write and evaluate expressions with a variable, then solve one-step equations about the work.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Hollowgate's Rebate: Solving One-Step Water-Conservation Equations
A grade 6 math lesson where students write and solve one-step equations to spend a fictional apartment complex's low-flow showerhead rebate budget.
Math problem sets
Grade 6 Math problem set
Northgate School Low-Flow Fixture Retrofit Problems
A grade 6 engineering set where students plan a fixture retrofit, comparing shower and faucet flow rates to find water and cost savings with percent and an equation.
Grade 6 Math problem set
Juniper Flats Well Pump Rates and One-Step Equations
A grade 6 problem set on a fictional subdivision's well pump, using unit rate in gallons per minute and one-step equations to plan filling a storage tank.
Grade 6 Math problem set
Ordley Water Bills: Rates, Totals, and Percent Increase
A grade 6 math set on a fictional utility's water bills, where students find monthly charges, percent increases, and usage from a base plus per-unit rate.
Grade 6 Math problem set
Pinebrook Garden Club Irrigation Pump Selection Problems
Eight problems where a fictional garden club compares two irrigation pumps' unit rates, solving one-step equations to find pumping time and check a time rule.
Projects
Grade 6 Project
Three Days Without the Tap: A Skelthorne Home Water Plan
A three-session grade 6 project in which students size, price, and lay out a fictional family's stored-water supply for a three-day water main outage.