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Memorization of 1-12 multiplication facts

Fluency with all four operations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions

Fluency with order of operations

Fluency with integer operations (negative numbers)

Fluency with graphing ordered pairs (points)

Familiarity with finding multiples and factors

Familiarity with exponents and square roots on whole numbers

Exposure to absolute value

Fluency with ratios and unit rates

Fluency with percentages, discounts, and interest

Familiarity with proportions

Fluency with mean, median, and mode

Fluency with simple probability

Exposure to measures of spread

Exposure to number lines, dot plots, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, and boxplots

Exposure to compound probability (including independent and dependent events)

Fluency with mathematical equation vocabulary

Fluency with evaluating expressions and equations at a given point (plugging in)

Fluency with one and two step equations and inequalities of one variable

Familiarity with equations with variables on both sides

Familiarity with algebraic properties (associative, commutative, distributive)

Familiarity with verbal expressions versus mathematical expressions

Familiarity with the definition of a function

Familiarity with graphing linear equations

Exposure to exponent rules

Exposure to function notation