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Students use charts, graphs, and maps to find distances between cities.
Nearly every lesson opens with an application that connects the content to the students' real world. The emphasis on problem solving is seen in the inclusion of a Problem Solving and Applications section in every set of exercises and in the problem-solving strategy lessons that give students the opportunity to build a repertoire of strategies. In the problem-solving lesson, Determine Reasonable Answers, the example illustrates using rounding to help a shopper determine what can be bought with a set amount of money. In a related exercise, a person must decide if his estimate of calorie intake is reasonable. Optional hands-on activities give students the opportunity to discover mathematical concepts in a cooperative learning setting.