It builds and draws on conceptual understanding and skills, and helps us make decisions and solve problems. In this draft document we have tried to connect the notion of problem solving to conceptual understanding and skill development by embedding it within the content strands at every grade. Given here are only some of the ways you will see this exemplified. Students describe and compare exact and approximate quantities using whole numbers to 100,000. Students demonstrate an understanding of decimals and simple fractions.
Students estimate and demonstrate facility with calculating sums and differences.
Students understand the mutual relationship between multiplication and division and how these operations extend to two-digit numbers. Symbols and Algebra 1. Students represent operations and express relationships using words, tables, and graphs. Students represent and interpret a quantitative relationship in a formula, table or graph. Students collect, record, graph, and interpret the results of surveys and data on the frequency of events and communicate their findings clearly.