Mathematics

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• Compare and order real numbers including very large and small integers, and decimals and fractions close to zero
• Classify real numbers as rational or irrational.
• Model the relationship between the subsets of the real number system
• Model and solve problems involving absolute value
• Solve problems with factors, multiples, divisibility or remainders, prime numbers, and composite numbers
• Convert standard notation to scientific notation and vice versa (include positive and negative exponents)
• Simplify numerical expressions using the order of operations that include grouping symbols, square roots, cube roots, absolute values, and positive exponents
• Estimate the location of rational and common irrational numbers on a number line
• Identify the attributes of circles: radius, diameter, chords, tangents, secants, inscribed angles, central angles, intercepted arcs, circumference, and area
• Analyze and compare mathematical strategies for efficient problem solving; select and use one or more strategies to solve a problem