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Number and Operations Standard


Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems • Work flexibly with fractions, decimals, and percents to solve problems 5.01-5.22, 5.32-5.34


• Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents efficiently and find their approximate locations on a number line
5.11-5.15


• Develop meaning for percents greater than 100 and less than 1
5.10, 5.16


• Understand and use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships 5.24-5.36


• Develop an understanding of large numbers and recognize and appropriately use exponential, scientific, and calculator notation 5.27-5.31, 9.16-9.18, 9.01-9.14


• Use factors, multiples, prime factorization, and relatively prime numbers to solve problems 4.01-4.07


• Develop meaning for integers and represent and compare quantities with them 2.01-2.05


Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another • Understand the meaning and effects of arithmetic operations with fractions, decimals, and integers 2.07-2.15, 2.20-2.26, 4.09-4.12, 5.01-5.03


• Use the associative and commutative properties of addition and multiplication and the distributive property of multiplication over addition to simplify computations with integers, fractions, and decimals 1.22-1.23, 2.34-2.38


• Understand and use the inverse relationships of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and squaring and finding square roots to simplify computations and solve problems 2.13, 2.32, 4.13-4.15


Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates • Select appropriate methods and tools for computing with fractions and decimals from among mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil, depending on the situation, and apply the selected methods 2.39-2.41, 3.23-3.25


• Develop and analyze algorithms for computing with fractions, decimals, and integers and develop fluency in their use 5.06-5.07, 5.32-5.33


• Develop and use strategies to estimate the results of rational-number computations and judge the reasonableness of the results 5.24-5.30


• Develop, analyze, and explain methods for solving problems involving proportions, such as scaling and finding equivalent ratios 4.25-5.35


Algebra Standard


Understand patterns, relations, and functions • Represent, analyze, and generalize a variety of patterns with tables, graphs, words, and, when possible, symbolic rules 1.02-1.05, 1.15-1.19, 3.14-3.17, 6.05-6.06, 6.14-6.15


• Relate and compare different forms of representation for a relationship 3.42, 6.09-6.10, 8.21, 8.27-8.30, 11.11-11.13, 11.16, 11.24-11.25


• Identify functions as linear or nonlinear and contrast their properties from tables, graphs, or equations 6.06, 6.1.0, 6.17


Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols Develop an initial conceptual understanding of different uses of variables 1.02-1.04, 1.15-1.20


• Explore relationships between symbolic expressions and graphs of lines, paying particular attention to the meaning of intercept and slope 6.09-6.32


• Use symbolic algebra to represent situations and to solve problems, especially those that involve linear relationships 6.27-6.30


• Recognize and generate equivalent forms for simple algebraic expressions and solve linear equations 1.02-1.05, 1.18-1.19, 6.10, 6.12-6.13


Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships Model and solve contextualized problems using various representations, such as graphs, tables, and equations 1.15-1.20, 3.13-3.20, 3.27-3.33, 4.04-4.07, 4.20-4.21, 4.28-4.35, 6.14-6.15, 6.27-6.30, 8.21-8.23, 8.30, 10.13, 10.17-10.18, 10.23, 11.01-11.17, 11.26-11.27, 11.30, 11.33, 12.20-12.21


Analyze change in various contexts • Use graphs to analyze the nature of changes in quantities in linear relationships 6.14-6.15, 11.11-11.13


Geometry Standard


Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships • Precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two- and three-dimensional objects using their defining properties 7.11-7.13, 7.17,8.01, 8.03-8.04, 8.06


• Understand relationships among the angles, side lengths, perimeters, areas, and volumes of similar objects 1.28-1.29, 7.04-7.07, 7.13,7.17, 8.01-8.20


• Create and critique inductive and deductive arguments concerning geometric ideas and relationships, such as congruence, similarity, and the Pythagorean relationship 2.41, 4.29-4,30, 5.25, 7.045, 10.10, 10.13; arguments concernings relationships of geometric figures is a primary focus of Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems • Use coordinate geometry to represent and examine the properties of geometric shapes Topics in Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


• Use coordinate geometry to examine special geometric shapes, such as regular polygons or those with pairs of parallel or perpendicular sides


Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations • Describe sizes, positions, and orientations of shapes under informal transformations such as flips, turns, slides, and scaling 7.22-7.27


• Examine the congruence, similarity, and line or rotational symmetry of objects using transformations 7.24; also a topic in Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems • Draw geometric objects with specified properties, such as side lengths or angle measures 7.08; also a topic in Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


• Use two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional objects to visualize and solve problems such as those involving surface area and volume 8.02, 8.04-8.06


• Use visual tools such as networks to represent and solve problems


• Use geometric models to represent and explain numerical and algebraic relationships A topic in Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


• Recognize and apply geometric ideas and relationships in areas outside the mathematics classroom, such as art, science, and everyday life 4.30, 5.25, 10.13, 10.17-10.18, 10.23; also a topic in Kinetic Books geometry textbooks


Measurement Standard


Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement • Understand both metric and customary systems of measurement 9.21


• Understand relationships among units and convert from one unit to another within the same system 9.22-9.26


• Understand, select, and use units of appropriate size and type to measure angles, perimeter, area, surface area, and volume 4.25, 4.31-4.33, 8.01, 8.12


Data analysis Standard


Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements • Use common benchmarks to select appropriate methods for estimating measurements 4.25, 4.30-4.33


• Select and apply techniques and tools to accurately find length, area, volume, and angle measures to appropriate levels of precision 1.28-1.29, 7.02-7.13, 8.12-8.20


• Develop and use formulas to determine the circumference of circles and the area of triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and circles and develop strategies to find the area of more-complex shapes 7.11-7.20


• Develop strategies to determine the surface area and volume of selected prisms, pyramids, and cylinders 7.01-7.19


• Solve problems involving scale factors, using ratio and proportion 4.31-4.33


• Solve simple problems involving rates and derived measurements for such attributes as velocity and density 1.30-1.34


Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them • Formulate questions, design studies, and collect data about a characteristic shared by two populations or different characteristics within one population 11.01-11.09


• Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plots, and scatterplots 11.01-11.09


Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data • Find, use, and interpret measures of center and spread, including mean and interquartile range 11.05,11.07


• Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box plots, and scatterplots 11.01-11.09


Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data • Use observations about differences between two or more samples to make conjectures about the populations from which the samples were taken 11.01-11.09


• Make conjectures about possible relationships between two characteristics of a sample on the basis of scatterplots of the data and approximate lines of fit 11.11-11.13


• Use conjectures to formulate new questions and plan new studies to answer them 11.01-11.09


Understand and apply basic concepts of probability • Understand and use appropriate terminology to describe complementary and mutually exclusive events In Kinetic Books Algebra II curriculum


• Use proportionality and a basic understanding of probability to make and test conjectures about the results of experiments and simulations 11.15-11.16


• Compute probabilities for simple compound events, using such methods as organized lists, tree diagrams, and area models 11.18-11.22, 11.24-11.26



Problem Solving • Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving Dozens and dozens of problems


• Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts


• Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems


• Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving


Reasoning and Proof Standard 2.41; proofs and additional reasoning standards are major topics of the Kinetic Books geometry curriculum


Communications Standard 11.02-11.08; application problems model communication, as does the explanations of all whiteboarded problems


Connections Standard Many examples, such as 5.25, 10.13, 10.17-10.18; 11.24-11.27


Representation Standard • Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas Examples include: 1.16, 6.06, 6.09-6.10, 11.41


• Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems Examples include: 3.42-3.43, 5.13-5.14, 8.02


• Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena Examples include: 2.16-2.17, 3.01, 3.16, 4.25, 4.31-4.33, 4.44, 6.14-6.15, 11.11-11.17, 11.30, 11.33


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