IN THIS COURSE

  1. Ratios and Proportional Relationships: Understanding and using ratios, rates, and percentages.

  2. The Number System: Extending understanding of fractions, decimals, and negative numbers.

  3. Expressions and Equations: Working with algebraic expressions, solving equations and inequalities.

  4. Geometry: Understanding and applying the properties of shapes, the Pythagorean theorem, surface area, and volume.

  5. Statistics and Probability: Analyzing data, understanding probability, and making inferences based on data.

Basic Operations:

  • Addition: Basic addition facts, multi-digit addition, addition with carrying.

  • Subtraction: Basic subtraction facts, multi-digit subtraction, subtraction with borrowing.

  • Multiplication: Multiplication facts, multi-digit multiplication, understanding multiplication as repeated addition.

  • Division: Basic division facts, understanding division as repeated subtraction, multi-digit division.

  • Long Division: Dividing multi-digit numbers, understanding remainders, interpreting results.

Algebra (introduced around Grades 6-8):

  • Introduction to Variables: Understanding and using variables in expressions and equations.

  • Simplifying Expressions: Combining like terms, using the distributive property.

  • Solving Equations: Solving one-step and two-step equations, understanding equality.

  • Introduction to Inequalities: Understanding and solving basic inequalities.

  • Linear Functions: Understanding the concept of a function, graphing linear equations, understanding slope and y-intercept.