Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Order of operations, Algebraic properties, Number sense.
- Computation with whole numbers and integers.
- Radicals.
- Rational and irrational numbers.
- Measuring length and finding perimeter and area of rectangles and squares.
- Volume and capacity.
- Rewrite radical expressions.
- Pythagorean theorem.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Simplify radicals and justify simplification of radicals using visual representations.
- Use the operations of addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication, with radicals.
- Demonstrate an understanding of radicals as they apply to problems involving squares, perfect squares, and square roots (e.g., the Pythagorean Theorem, circle geometry, volume, and area).
Understanding
Students understand that:
- rewriting radical expressions of rational and irrational numbers can help in recognizing geometric patterns.
Vocabulary
- Rational numbers
- Irrational numbers
- Geometric Patterns
