Math Standards and Benchmarks

A high quality mathematics program is essential for all students and provides every student with the opportunity to choose among the full range of future career paths. The content standards establish what every student in California can and needs to learn in mathematics. The mathematics standards focus on essential content for all students and prepare students for the study of advanced mathematics, science and technical careers, and post secondary study in all content areas. All students are required to explore problem-solving, develop abstract, analytic thinking skills, learn to deal effectively and comfortably with variables and equations and use mathematical notation effectively to model situations.

 

Mathematic Benchmarks and Standards addressed in this project:

Standard 1

Students compute with very large and very small number, positive integers, decimals, and fractions and understand the relationship between decimals, fractions, and percents.

Benchmark

1.5.2 Interpret percents as a part of a hundred; find decimal and percent equivalents for common fractions and explain why they represent the same value; compute a given percent of a whole number.

1.5.3 Understand and compute positive integer powers of nonnegative integers; compute examples as repeated multiplication.

Standard 2

Students perform calculations and solve problems involving addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication and division of fractions and decimals.

Benchmark

2.5.2 Demonstrate proficiency with division, including division with positive decimals and long division with multi-digit divisors.

2.5.3 Solve simple problems, including ones arising in concrete situations, involving the addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers (like and unlike denominators of 20 or less), and express answers in the simplest form.

Standard 3

Students use strategies, skills, and concepts in finding solutions.

Benchmark

3.5.2 Apply strategies and results from simpler problems to more complex problems.

3.5.4 Express the solution clearly and logically by using the appropriate mathematical notation and terms and clear language; support solutions with evidence in both verbal and symbolic work.