Oregon focus on ratios, rates & percents
Subtitle: Stage 1
By: series author: Shannon McCaw ; contributing authors: Beth Armstrong, Matt McCaw, Sarah Schuhl, Michelle Terry, Scott Valway
Contributors: McCaw, Shannon; Armstrong, Beth; McCaw, Matt; Schuhl, Sarah; Terry, Michelle; Valway, Scott
Publisher: [Oregon Dept. of Education]; SMC Curriculum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Salem, Ore.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781935033011; 9781935033257; 9781935033349
Subjects: Mathematics; Study and teaching (Middle school); Problem solving; Number concept; Probability measures; Educational tests and measurements
Other titles: Oregon focus on ratios, rates and percents; Ratios, rates and percents
Description: Number and operations and probability: Connect ratio, rate, and percent to multiplication and division. Use the relationship between common decimals and fractions to solve problems Analyze and apply the meaning of ratios to solve problems. Analyze and apply the meaning of rates to solve problems. Determine decimal and percent equivalents for common fractions. Analyze and apply meaning of percents to solve problems. Understand the meaning of probabilitiy and represent probabilities as ratios, decimals and percents. Determine simple probabilities, both experimental and theoretical. Use [Pi] to find the circumference of a circle. (From Oregon focus core standard formative & summative assessment package pg. 3).
Notes: "Reprinted with permission from the Oregon Department of Education" p. iv.

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Table of contents: title: Student and teachers editions:; title: How to use your math book; title: Letters from the authors; title: Block 1: Ratios and conversions; title: Block 2: Rates; title: Block 3: Percents and probability; title: Block 4: Circles and similarity.; title: Teacher's resources binder:; title: Introduction; title: Worksheets; title: Tiered worksheets; title: Spanish worksheets; title: Worksheet answers; title: Tests; title: Tiered tests; title: Spanish tests; title: Test answers; title: Exit cards; title: Self-assessment; title: Resources.