One high school mathematics course Students learn how to become wiser consumers in today's society. Course topics include personal money management, business procedures, transportation, budgeting, taxation, banking, and insurance. Calculators are used as a tool throughout the course. Middle School Mathematics 8 Students explore the development of mathematical concepts, properties, relationships, logical reasoning, and mathematical applications through the use of calculators, computers, and manipulative, introduction to algebra, geometry, and data analysis concepts are emphasized throughout the course. This course extends students' knowledge and understanding of the real number system and its properties through the study of variables, expressions, equations, inequalities, and analysis of data derived from real world phenomena.
Emphasis is placed on making connections in algebra to arithmetic, geometry, and statistics.
Calculator and computer technologies should be used as tools wherever appropriate. Use of a graphing calculator is considered essential to provide a graphical and numerical approach to topics in addition to a symbolic approach. Algebra 1 Students investigate properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, and solids using inductive and deductive reasoning. Conjectures about properties and relationships are developed inductively and then verified deductively. Vectors, transformations, algebra, and technologies are used as tools to solve geometry problems.