JOHN CHAMPE CLUSTER CURRICULUM NIGHT MATHEMATICS Math Presentation: Susan Hollinger and Megan Neterer

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Course Comparison – Number Sense and Computation  Comparing fractions, decimals, and percentages  Positive exponents and perfect squares  Operations & practical problems with fractions & decimals.  Order of operations  Identify, order, and compare integers  Absolute value  Ratios  Square Roots  Powers of 10 and scientific notation  Evaluating expressions with positive and negative integers.  Evaluate for a given variable.  Proportional reasoning

Course Comparison – Measurement and Geometry  Ballpark Comparisons with Customary and Metric Measurements.  Properties of Quadrilaterals  Congruence of segments, angles, and polygons.  Perimeter, Area, and Circumference  Surface Area and Volume of Rectangular Prisms  Similar Figures  Transformations  Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders

Course Comparison – Probability & Statistics  Construct and Compare Circle Graphs  Calculating the Probability of Independent and Dependent Events  Measures of Center  Experimental and Theoretical Probability  Construct and Analyze Histograms

Course Comparison – Patterns, Functions, and Algebra  Sequences  Properties of Real Numbers  Solving One-Step Linear Equations  Graphing coordinate points.  Graphing Inequalities  Translating Expressions  Represent Functions with Tables, Graphs, Rules, and Words  Solving Two-Step Linear Equations  Practical Problems with Equations  Solving One-Step Linear Inequalities

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