Math Priority Standards
8th Grade Priority Standards
Major Cluster: 8.EE.A Work with radicals and integer exponents:
Super-Priority: Simply and evaluate expressions using exponents. Includes distributive property, radicals and cube roots.
Order, compare different forms and be able to graph on a number line.
Major Cluster: 8.EE.B Understand the connections between proportional relationships. lines, and linear equations:
Super-Priority: Graph an equation in slope intercept form. Write an equation in slope intercept form from a graph, table and application.
Major Cluster: 8.EE.C Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations:
Super-Priority: Must be able to solve multi-step equations including variables on both sides.
Solve a system through substitution by setting linear equations equal to each other. (Find point of intersection or “break-even” point)
Give examples of equations with infinite solutions/no solution/one solution.
Major Cluster: 8.F.B Use functions to model relationships between quantities:
Super-Priority: From a real world application, identify IV/DV variables, generate a table of ordered pairs and graph the results.
Major Cluster: 8.G.B Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem:
Super-Priority: Be able to use the Pythagorean Theorem to model real world applications.Major Cluster: 8.G.A Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software:
Super-Priority: Be able to perform transformations: Reflections, rotations and translations. Work with combinations of transformations.
7th Grade Priority Standards
Major Cluster: 7.NS.A Apply and extend previous understanding of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers:
Super-Priority: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
Major Cluster: 7.EE.A Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions:
Super-Priority: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions.
Major Cluster: 7.EE.B Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations:
Super-Priority: Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form.
Solve word problems leading to equations and inequalities
(RP 2 & 3) Major Cluster: 7.RP.A Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems:
Super-Priority: Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities. (RP 2)
Use proportional relationships to solve multi-step ratio and percent problems such as simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, and perce
6th Grade Priority StandardsMajor Cluster: 6.NS.A.1 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions:
Super-Priority: Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions.
Major Cluster: 6.NS.C.5-8: Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Super-Priority: Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions of values.
Understand a rational number as a point on the number line.
Major Cluster: 6.RP.A.1-3: Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
Super-Priority: Understand the concept of ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
Major Cluster: 6.EE.A.1-3 Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
Super-Priority: Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents. Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers
Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems.
Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
Major Cluster: 6.EE.B.5-8 Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
Super-Priority: Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question.
Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real—world or mathematical problem; understand a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.