Overview
Students will be able to formulate and reason about expressions and equations while working with radicals such as square roots and integer exponents (32 means to multiply 3 by itself two times). Students will understand the connection between proportional relationships (1/2 is proportional to 2/4), lines, and linear equations by solving linear equations (2x+3y=5) and systems of linear equations. Students will be able to analyze two and three-dimensional space and figures by understanding and applying the concept of congruence (same shape and size of two figures) and similarity (sides of two triangles are in equal ratios), as well as applying volume formulas to cylinders, spheres, and cones. Students will understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem (a2 + b2= c2). Students will be able to define, evaluate, and compare functions, as well as use them to model relationships between quantities. Students will be able to investigate patterns in bivariate data; this is the data for two variables such as ice cream sales versus temperature that day.