Middle School Math In Depth
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        Core MathUsing a hands-on approach through the College Preparatory Math curriculum, students: Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning, both visually and in numeric form, to solve problems Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers Write and interpret arithmetic and algebraic expressions Reason about and solve one-variable equations Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area and volume 
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        Pre-AlegbraUsing the College Preparatory Math Pre-Algebra Curriculum, students: Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real world and mathematical problems Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations Draw, construct and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationship between them Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, volume, cylinders, rectangular prisms Graph data on scatter plots and determine line of best fit Investigate chance processes and develop, use and evaluate probability models 
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        AlgebraUsing the College Preparatory Math Algebra curriculum, students: Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents Use properties of rational and irrational numbers Work with radicals and integer exponents Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines and linear equations Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations Interpret the structure of expressions Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials Create equations that describe numbers or relationships Solve equations and inequalities in one variable Solve systems of equations Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically Define, evaluate, compare functions and use functions to model relationships between quantities Understand and apply the Pythagorean theorem Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically 
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        GeometryUsing the College Preparatory Math Algebra curriculum, students: Understands congruence in terms of rigid motions Proves geometric theorems and makes geometric constructions Proves theorems involving similarity Defines trigonometric ratios and solves problems involving right triangles Applies trigonometry to general triangles Understands and applies theorems about circles Translates between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section Uses coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically Explains volume formulas and uses them to solve problems Identifies relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects Computes probabilities of compound events in a uniform probability model 
