Geometry is connected to every strand in the mathematics curriculum and therefore should not be restricted to a formal deductive study. Measurement is a dimension, quantity, or capacity determined by comparison to a standard unit. The study of measurement provides useful and practical applications of mathematics and involves making connections within mathematics and across the curriculum. Students develop their understanding of measurement and systems of measurement through experiences that enable them to use a variety of techniques, tools, and units of measurement to describe, analyze, and answer quantifiable questions and phenomena. Number sense is the ability to interpret and use numbers in counting and measurement situations and to sense the reasonableness of results.
Numbers are an important part of daily lives.
A person's ability to perform numerical calculations does not guarantee the acquisition of number sense. Number sense is gained through opportunities to explore number relationships and opportunities to make decisions regarding strategies to follow in solving problems. The study of patterns, relations, and functions help learners to recognize and generalize patterns and to identify and clarify functional relationships. A pattern is an arrangement of objects or symbols in which relationships can be established. A relationship is a correspondence between two values and a function is a relation in which the first value has exactly one second value.