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Out of 1000 terms - 437 different terms were used in sixth grade student textbooks
average 180 terms were used per textbook

If you were designing a textbook for a 11 year old, which terms would you select?

Series:

Grade:K-12 (age:5-17)

1. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich(1972)
2. D.C. Heath (1972)
3. Laidlaw (1978)
4. Houghton Mifflin(1978)
5. Addison-Wesley(1985)
6. Harper and Row(85)
7. Holt, Rinehart and Winston(85)
8. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich(85)
9. Houghton Mifflin(85)
10. Scott, Foresman(85)
11. Houghton Mifflin(2002)
12. McGraw-Hill/Glencoe K-8 (2002)


Code:
USAGE CODE-PAGE NUMBER

4 Definition or formal development
3 Term present
2 Synonym
1 Enrichment
- Term not present
*- Book not reviewed
To link to CNX or CK-12 materials, click on term usage code under the appropriate link.
1. CNX Source: Learners Section of Mathematics Grade 6 . Uploader, Siyavula. Connexions. 10 Sept. 2009
2. CK-12 Source: FlexBook: CK-12 Middle School Math - Grade 6 CK-12 Foundation. 15 Sept. 2010
Range of Terms
(top 100 most frequently used)
Textbook series (usage code) CNX Link CK-12 Link
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ACUTE ANGLE 4- 4- 4 4444444 44
ADDITION (DECIMAL) 44334 4444443 34
ADDITION (FRACTION) 43434 4444443 44
ADDITION (INTEGER) - 43- 4 444- 444 34
ANGLE 44333 4444434 44
AREA OF TRIANGLE 23444 4444444 - 4
AVERAGE (STATISTICS)- 4- 34 4444444 34
BAR GRAPH (STATISTICS)3- - 33 343- 3- 4 24
CENTER (CIRCLE)33- 33 333- 444 33
CENTIMETER 3- 334 43434- 3 - 4
CIRCLE 44- 33 4433344 33
CIRCLE (AREA) - 4444 - 414144 - 4
CIRCLE GRAPH (STATISTICS)3- 3- 3 4333344 34
CIRCUMFERENCE 44444 - - 44444 34
CONGRUENT ANGLES 44444 - - 4- - 44 - -
DECIMAL 34333 3333344 24
DEGREE (ANGLE) 43333 4334- 24 43
DENOMINATOR 33- 33 4343344 44
DIAMETER 4- - 44 4- 44444 34
DIVISION (DECIMAL) 44334 4444444 - 4
DIVISION (FRACTION) 44444 4444444 - 4
DIVISION (WHOLE NUMBER) 223- 4 44434- 3 34
DIVISOR QUOTIENT (WHOLE NUMBER)3- - - 3 3333333 - 4
EQUATION 434- 3 4- 33344 - 4
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE- 4444 4444444 - 4
EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS 43424 4244244 44
ESTIMATING PRODUCTS (WHOLE NUMBER)434- 3 44343- 4 - 4
ESTIMATION (DECIMAL )34- 34 4- 334- 4 - 4
EXPONENT 44- 34 1- 44443 - 4
FACTOR (WHOLE NUMBER) 33- - 3 4333343 33
FRACTION 33- 34 4443444 34
FRACTION TO DECIMAL 23- 33 - 33334- 44
GCF (WHOLE NUMBER)443- - 434- 344 - 4
INTEGER 434- 4 4434334 - 4
ISOSCELES TRIANGLE - 4444 4444444 - 4
LCD (FRACTION) 4- 444 3- 33344 - 4
LCM (WHOLE NUMBER)44- - - 3343344 - 4
LENGTH - 3333 333- 33- 34
LINE 34- - 3 3444334 34
LINE GRAPH (STATISTICS)23433 3443444 - 4
LINE SEGMENT 43- - 3 34442- 4 34
LOCATING POINTS (COORDINATE SYSTEM)3- 233 2- 3- 322 23
METRIC UNITS - 3333 33333- 2 24
MIXED NUMERAL 22222 2222222 22
MULTIPLE (WHOLE NUMBER)- 3- 33 43- 4344 34
MULTIPLICATION (DECIMAL) 44344 4444444 34
MULTIPLICATION (FRACTION) 44444 4444444 - 4
MULTIPLICATION (WHOLE NUMBER) - - 334 33434- 3 - 3
MULT. PROPERTIES (WHOLE NUMBER)322- 4 44441- - 32
NEGATIVE INTEGER 43- - 3 4344334 - 3
NUMBER LINE (INTEGER) 333- 3 3333333 - 3
NUMERATOR 33- 33 4343344 44
OBTUSE ANGLE 4- 4- 4 4444444 44
OPPOSITIES (INTEGER) 344- 3 4433344 - 3
ORDERED PAIR (COORDINATE SYSTEM)- - 423 224- 344 24
PARALLEL LINES 44444 4444444 34
PARALLELOGRAM 44444 4444444 - 4
PERCENT 44444 4444444 - 4
PERCENT NOTATION 34- 43 3334332 - 3
PERIMETER - 4344 4- 44- 34 34
PERPENDICULAR LINES 44444 4444244 - -
PLACE VALUE (NUMBERS)44423 3333- - 3 33
POLYGON 4- - 34 4434444 - 4
POSITIVE INTEGER 433- 3 4344334 - 3
PRIME NUMBER 4441- 444- 444 34
PROBABILITY 333- 4 3333444 34
PROPORTION 444- 4 4444444 - 4
PROTRACTOR 33433 43343- 3 33
PRISM (VOLUME) 2- 32- 432244- 4
PROBLEM SOLVING 22234 3444444 24
QUADRILATERAL 3- - 34 - 444444 - 4
RADIUS 43- 34 4343444 34
RATIO 334- 4 4344344 - 4
RECIPROCAL (FRACTION) 44443 4444444 - 4
RECTANGLE 44- 44 - 444444 34
RECTANGLE (AREA) - 3344 44444- 4 34
RHOMBUS 44- 44 4444- - 4 - 4
RIGHT ANGLE 434- 4 4444444 44
RIGHT TRIANGLE - - 444 44- 4444 - 4
ROUNDING DECIMALS - 4- 34 3443444 44
SIMPLEST FORM (FRACTION)42442 4422244 34
SQUARE 44- 44 4444444 44
SUBTRACTION (DECIMAL) 34334 44444- 3 34
SUBTRACTION (FRACTION) 43434 4444443 - 4
SUBTRACTION (INTEGER) 444- 4 - 444444 - 4
SUBTRACTION (WHOLE NUMBER)3- 334 44434- - 4 -
SUM OF ANGLES - 4- 43 - 313343 - 4
SURFACE AREA - 4- - 4 4444444 - 4
TENTHS HUNDREDTHS (DECIMAL)43- 33 3- 3343- 33
THOUSANDTHS (DECIMAL)43- 33 3- 3343- - 3
TRIANGLE 3- 333 4444434 34
VERTEX (ANGLE) 443- 3 - 343443 44
VOLUME 24444 4- 44334 34
WEIGHT 3- 3- 3 33333- 4 24
WHOLE NUMBER 33- 33 3333334 33
WORD PROBLEM (FRACTION) 22222 222222- 22
WORD PROBLEM (DECIMAL) - - 222 22222- 2 22
WORD PROBLEM (PERCENT) 22- 22 222- 22- - 2
WORD PROBLEM (RATIO) 23- - 2 222222- - 2


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