Essential Questions (Topics Taught)

Week of August 3-7

  • How can you transform numbers from one form to another (fractions, decimals, percents, and mixed numbers)?

Week of August 11-14

  • How can you select the representation that models one of the arithmetic properties (commutative, associative, or distributive)?
  • How can you use order of operations and parenthesis to simplify expressions and solve problems?

Week of August 17-21

  • How can you use translate between verbal expressions/sentences and algebraic expressions/equations?
  • How do you write equations that correspond to given situations or represent a given mathematical relationship?

Week of August 24-28

  • How do you use concrete, pictorial, and symbolic representation for integers?
  • How do you locate positive rational numbers on a number line?
  • How do you locate integers on a number line?
  • How do you represent the solution of a linear inequality on a number line?

Week of August 31 - September 3

  • How do you solve problems involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals?

Week of September 8-18

  • How do you solve problems involving the mulitpication and division of fractions?
  • How can you judge the reasonableness of the results of rational number estimates and/or computations?