Standards

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** PA State Standards: 8th grade Mathematics: Pre-Algebra **

 * ** 2.4.8.A: ** ** Mathematical Reasoning and Connections: **Draw inductive and deductive conclusions within mathematical contexts.
 * ** 2.4.8.B: ** ** Mathematical Reasoning and Connections: **Use if…then statements to construct simple valid arguments.
 * ** 2.5.8.A: ** ** Mathematical Problem Solving and Connections: **Develop a plan to analyze a problem, identify the information needed to solve the problem, carry out the plan, apply estimation skills as appropriate, check whether the plan makes sense, and explain how the problem was solved in grade appropriate contexts.
 * ** 2.5.8.B : ** ** Mathematical Problem Solving and Connections: **Use precise mathematical language, notation, and representations, including numerical tables and equations, simple algebraic equations, and formulas, charts, graphs and diagrams to explain and interpret results.

Process Standards
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 * Problem Solving**
 * Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving
 * Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts
 * Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems
 * Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving
 * Communication**
 * Organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication
 * Communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others
 * Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others;
 * Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely.
 * Connections**
 * Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas
 * Understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole
 * Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics
 * Representation**
 * Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
 * Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems
 * Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena