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Math 7 and Math 7 Honors, Course details

Unit 1 : Number Sense

• Solve practical problems involving operations with rational numbers.
• Single-step and multistep practical problems, using proportional reasoning.
• Describe the relationships between the subsets of the real number system.
• Estimate and determine the two consecutive integers between which a square root lies
• Determine both the positive and negative square roots of a given perfect square.
• Identify and describe absolute value of rational numbers.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide square roots.
• Investigate and describe the concept of positive and negative exponents
• Compare and order numbers greater than zero written in scientific notation;

Unit 2 : Ratios and Proportions

• The student will represent relationships between quantities using ratios, and will use appropriate notations, such as , a to b, and a : b
• Relationship between corresponding sides of similar quadrilaterals and triangles.
• Represent a proportional relationship between two quantities, including those arising from practical situations;
• Determine the unit rate of a proportional relationship and use it to find a missing value in a ratio table;
• Determine whether a proportional relationship exists between two quantities; and
• Make connections between and among representations of a proportional relationship between two quantities using verbal descriptions, ratio tables, and graphs.

Unit 3 : Basic Algebra

• The student will evaluate algebraic expressions for given replacement values of the variables.
• Simplify algebraic expressions in one variable.
• Determine whether a given relation is a function
• Determine the domain and range of a function.

Unit 4 : Linear Equations and Functions

• The student will solve one-step linear equations in one variable, including practical problems that require the solution of a one-step linear equation in one variable.
• Determine the slope, m, as rate of change in a proportional relationship between two quantities and write an equation in the form y = mx to represent the relationship;
• Graph a line representing a proportional relationship between two quantities given the slope and an ordered pair, or given the equation in y = mx­ form where m represents the slope as rate of change;
• Determine the y-intercept, b, in an additive relationship between two quantities and write an equation in the form y = x + b to represent the relationship;
• Graph a line representing an additive relationship between two quantities given the y-intercept and an ordered pair, or given the equation in the form y = x + b, where b represents the y-intercept
• Make connections between and among representations of a proportional or additive relationship between two quantities using verbal descriptions, tables, equations, and graphs.
• Recognize and describe the graph of a linear function with a slope that is positive, negative, or zero
• Identify the slope and y-intercept of a linear function, given a table of values, a graph, or an equation in y = mx + b form
• Determine the independent and dependent variable, given a practical situation modeled by a linear function
• Graph a linear function given the equation in y = mx + b form
• Make connections between and among representations of a linear function using verbal descriptions, tables, equations, and graphs.
• Multistep linear equations in one variable with the variable on one or both sides of the equation, including practical problems that require the solution of a multistep linear equation in one variable.

Unit 5 : Linear Inequalities

• Represent a practical situation with a linear inequality in one variable
• solve one-step linear inequalities in one variable, involving addition or subtraction, and graph the solution on a number line.
• The student will solve one- and two-step linear inequalities in one variable, including practical problems, involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and graph the solution on a number line.

Unit 6 : Geometry

• Identify the components and graph ordered pairs in a coordinate plane.
• Relationships among pairs of angles that are vertical angles, adjacent angles, supplementary angles, corresponding angles, and complementary angles to determine the measure of unknown angles.
• Find the missing angle of the triangle and quadrilateral
• Given a polygon, apply transformations, to include translations, reflections, and dilations, in the coordinate plane

Unit 7 : Measurement

• Solve problems, involving circumference and area of a circle
• Pythagorean Theorem and its applications
• Solve problems, including practical problems, involving area and perimeter of quadrilaterals
• Area and perimeter of composite plane figures
• Find the missing side dimensions of 2-D figures
• Solve problems and determine the volume and surface area of rectangular prisms and cylinders
• Solve problems, including practical problems, involving volume and surface area of cones and square-based pyramids
• Describe how changing one measured attribute affects the volume and surface area of the 3-D figures
• Nets of 3-D figures

Unit 8 : Probability and Statistics ( classes 4 )

• Represent data in a histogram;
• Make observations and inferences about data represented in a histogram; and
• Compare histograms with the same data represented in stem-and-leaf plots, line plots, and circle graphs.
• Mean, Median ,Mode, Range, Lower and Upper quartile values for the given data set.
• Determine the effect on measures of center when a single value of a data set is added, removed, or changed.
• Represent numerical data in box-plots;
• Make observations and inferences about data represented in box-plots
• Compare and analyze two data sets using box-plots.
• Compare the probability of independent and dependent events
• Determine probabilities for independent and dependent events.
• Represent data in scatterplots
• Make observations about data represented in scatterplots; and
• Use a drawing to estimate the line of best fit for data represented in a scatterplot.