Students learn to express their ideas, solutions, and strategies using written explanations, graphs, tables, and equations. In all units, the mathematical content is connected to other units, to other areas of mathematics, to other school subjects, and to applications in the real world. Connecting and building on prior knowledge is important for building and retaining new knowledge. All units Throughout the units, students organize, record, and communicate information and ideas using words, pictures, graphs, tables, and symbols. They learn to choose appropriate representations for given situations and to translate among representations.
Students also learn to interpret information presented in various forms.