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High School Math A & B

Key Idea 4
Modeling/Multiple Representation

Students use mathematical modeling/multiple representation to provide a means
of presenting, interpreting, communicating, and connecting mathematical information
and relationships.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INCLUDES EXAMPLES
4A. Represent problem situations symbolically
by using algebraic expressions,
sequences, tree diagrams, geometric figures,
and graphs.
• Use of variables/Algebraic representations.
• Inequalities.
Formulas and literal equations.
• Undefined terms: point, line, and p l a n e.
• Parallel and intersecting lines and
perpendicular
lines.
• Angles: degree measure, right,
acute, obtuse, straight, supplementary,
complementary, vertical, alternate
interior and exteriors, and
corresponding.
• Simple closed curves : polygons
and circles.
Sum of interior and exterior angles
of a polygon.
• Study of triangles: classifications of
scalene, isosceles, equilateral,
acute, obtuse, and right; triangular
inequality; sum of the measures of
angles of a triangle; exterior angle
of a triangle, base angles of an
isosceles triangle.
• Study of quadrilaterals: classification
and properties of paralle lograms ,
rectangles, rhombi, squares,
and trapezoids.
• Study of solids: classification of prism,
rectangular solid, pyramid, right circular
cylinder, cone, and sphere .
• Sample spaces: list of ordered pairs
of n-tuples, tree diagrams.
See Assessment Example 4A.
4B. Justify the procedures for basic geometric
constructions.
• Basic constructions: copy line and
angle, bisect line segment and
angle, perpendicular lines and parallel
lines.
Comparison of triangles : congruence
and similarity.
See Classroom Idea 4B.
4C. Use transformations in the coordinate
plane.
• Reflection in a line and in a point.
• Translations.
• Dilations
See Assessment Example 4C.
4D. Develop and apply the concept of basic
loci to compound loci.
• Locus.
• At a fixed distance from a point.
• At a fixed distance from a line.
• Equidistant from two points.
• Equidistant from two parallel lines.
• Equidistant from two intersecting
lines.
• Compound locus.
See Assessment Example 4D.
4E. Model real-world problems with systems
of equations and inequalities.
• Systems of linear equations and
inequalities.
See Assessment Example 4E.

Key Idea 5
Measurement

Students use measurement in both metric and English measure to provide a major
link between the abstractions of mathematics and the real world in order to
describe and compare objects and data.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INCLUDES EXAMPLES
5A. Apply formulas to find measures such as
length, area, volume, weight, time, and
angle in real-world contexts.
• Perimeter of polygons and circumference
of circles.
• Area of polygons and circles.
• Volume of solids.
• Pythagorean theorem.
See Assessment Example 5A.
5B. Choose and apply appropriate units and
tools in measurement situations.
• Converting to equivalent measurements
within metric and English
measurement systems.
• Direct and indirect measure.
See Classroom Idea 5B.
5C. Use dimensional analysis techniques. • Dimensional analysis. See Assessment Example 5C.
5D. Use statistical methods including the measures
of central tendency to describe and
compare data.
• Collecting and organizing data:
sampling, tally, chart , frequency
table, circle graphs , broken line
graphs, frequency histogram, box
and whisker plots, scatter plots,
stem and leaf plots, and cumulative
frequency histogram.
• Measures of central tendency:
mean, median, mode.
• Quartiles and percentiles.
See Assessment Example 5D.
5E. Use trigonometry as a method to measure
indirectly.
• Right triangle trigonometry. See Assessment Example 5E.
5F. Apply proportions to scale drawings and
direct variation.
• Ratio.
• Proportion.
• Scale drawings.
• Percent.
• Similar figures.
• Similar polygons: ratio of perimeters
and areas.
• Direct variation.
See Assessment Example 5F.
5G. Relate absolute value, distance between
two points, and the slope of a line to the
coordinate plane.
• Absolute value and length of a line
segment.
• Midpoint of a segment.
• Equation of a line: point-slope and
slope intercept form.
• Comparison of parallel and perpendicular
lines.
See Assessment Example 5G.
5H. Explain the role of error in measurement
and its consequence on subsequent
calculations.
• Error of measurement and its consequences
on calculation of
perimeter of polygons and circumference
of circles.
• Area of polygons and circles.
• Volume of solids.
• Percent of error in measurements.
See Classroom Idea 5H.
5I. Use geometric relationships in relevant
measurement problems involving geometric
concepts.
• Similar polygons: ratio of perimeters
and areas.
• Similar figures.
• Comparison of volumes of similar
solids.
See Assessment Example 5I.

Key Idea 6
Uncertainty

Students use ideas of uncertainty to illustrate that mathematics involves more than
exactness when dealing with everyday situations.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INCLUDES EXAMPLES
6A. Judge the reasonableness of results
obtained from applications in algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, probability, and
statistics.
6A. Judge the reasonableness of results
obtained from applications in algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, probability, and
statistics.
See Classroom Idea 6A.
6B. Use experimental and theoretical probability
to represent and solve problems
involving uncertainty.
• Single and compound events.
• Problems involving and and or.
• Probability of the complement of
an event.
See Assessment Example 6B.
6C. Use the concept of random variable in
computing probabilities.
• Mutually exclusive and independent
events.
• Counting principle.
• Sample space.
• Probability distribution.
• Probability of the complement of
an event.
See Assessment Example 6C.
6D. De termine probabilities , using permutations
and combinations .
• Factorial notation.
• Permutations: nPn and nPr.
• Combinations: nCn and nCr.
See Assessment Example 6D.

Key Idea 7
Patterns/Functions

Students use patterns and functions to develop mathematical power, appreciate the
true beauty of mathematics, and construct generalizations that describe patterns
simply and efficiently.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INCLUDES EXAMPLES
7A. Represent and analyze functions, using
verbal descriptions, tables, equations, and
graphs.
• Techniques for solving equations
and inequalities.
• Techniques for solving factorable
quadratic equations.
• Graphs of linear relations: slope
and intercept.
• Graphs of conics: circle and
parabola
.
• Graphic solution of systems of linear
equations, inequalities, and
quadratic-linear pair.
• Algebraic solution of systems of
linear equations, inequalities, and
quadratic-linear pair by substitution
method and addition -subtraction
method.
See Assessment Example 7A.
7B. Apply linear and quadratic functions in
the solution of problems.7C. Translate among the verbal descriptions,
tables, equations, and graphic forms of
functions.
• Graphic and algebraic solutions of
linear and quadratic functions in
the solution of problems.
See Assessment Example 7B.
7C. Translate among the verbal descriptions,
tables, equations, and graphic forms of
functions.
• Translate linear and quadratic functions,
systems of equations,
inequalities and quadratic linear
pairs between representations that
are verbal descriptions, tables,
equations, or graphs.
See Assessment Example 7C.
7D. Model real-world situations with the
appropriate function.
• Determine and model real-life situations
with appropriate functions.
See Assessment Example 7D.
7E. Apply axiomatic structure to algebra. • Solve linear equations with integral,
fraction , or decimal coefficients.
• Solve linear inequalities.
• Solve factorable quadratic equations.
• Solve systems of linear equations,
inequalities, and quadratic-linear
pair.
See Assessment Example 7E.
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