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Example:
Problem/activity:
Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create composite shapes and compose new shapes from composite shapes. For example, students may find that a rectangular prism can be made from four triangular prisms or from eight smaller cubes. Students then discover that they can combine two of the composed rectangular prisms to make a new rectangular prism.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Geoblocks
Launch
Groups of 4
Give each group geoblocks.
Display a large cube.
“This cube can be built from other shapes. See how many ways you can build a cube using other shapes.”
3 minutes: partner work time
Share responses.
Activity
“Choose a different shape. Try to find smaller shapes you can use to build that shape.”
5 minutes: partner work time
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display a cube and a composite cube—for example, a cube composed of four small cubes and one rectangular prism.
Demonstrate putting the shapes together.
“What new shape did I make with the cube and the cube I made?”
“Put your shapes together to make a rectangular prism.”
Display a rectangular prism and two triangular prisms.
“Find these shapes. Put them together. What new shape can you make?” (a cube, a rectangular block)


Concept/skill: 
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

Answer: 
No. This activity does not teach students area as an attribute of plane figures. Instead, the activity focuses on solid, three-dimensional figures.

Now, assess whether the following problem or activity is 'aligned' with the given Common Core standard in Mathematics.

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standard_description: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients.
problem_activity: Problem 1
A business is marketing its product and has collected data on sales and prices for the past few years. The company, through careful modeling, has determined that their profit is dependent upon the selling price of the item and that it follows a quadratic model.
The function below describes the profit,
$$P$$
, dependent upon the selling price,
$$s$$
, of its product.
$$P(s)=-20s^2+1,400s-12,000$$
a.  Write the function in intercept form and identify the roots.
b.  Explain what the roots mean in context of the situation.
c.  Write the function in vertex form and identify the vertex.
d.  Explain what the vertex means in context of the situation.
Problem 2
The height,
$$h$$
, in feet, of a projectile launched upward from a bridge is given by
$$ h=-16t^2+16t+96$$
, where
$$t$$
is time in seconds.
Write the equation in vertex form.
How long does it take for the projectile to reach maximum height?
What is the maximum height of the projectile?


aligns: no