mathematics+standards

Students identify, classify, compare and analyze characteristics, properties and relationships of one-, two-, and three-dimensional geometric figures and objects. Students use spatial reasoning, properties of geometric objects and transformations to analyze mathematical situations and solve problems.
 * Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard**

1. Define the basic trigonometric ratios in right triangles: sine, cosine and tangent. 2. Apply proportions and right triangle trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving missing lengths and angle measures in similar figures. 3. Analyze two-dimensional figures in a coordinate plane; e.g., use slope and distance formulas to show that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram. Students estimate and measure to a required degree of accuracy and precision by selecting and using appropriate units, tools and technologies.
 * Measurement Standard**

1. Convert rates within the same measurement system; e.g., miles per hour to feet per second; kilometers per hour to meters per second. 2. Use unit analysis to check computations involving measurement. 3. Use the ratio of lengths in similar two-dimensional figures or three-dimensional objects to calculate the ratio of their areas or volumes respectively. 4. Use scale drawings and right triangle trigonometry to solve problems that include unknown distances and angle measures. 5. Solve problems involving unit conversion for situations involving distances, areas, volumes and rates within the same measurement system.

Students use patterns, relations and functions to model, represent and analyze problem situations that involve variable quantities. Students analyze, model and solve problems using various representations such as tables, graphs and equations.
 * Patterns, Functions and Algebra Standard**

1. Define function with ordered pairs in which each domain element is assigned exactly one range element. 2. Generalize patterns using functions or relationships linear, quadratic and exponential), and freely translate among tabular, graphical and symbolic representations. 3. Describe problem situations (linear, quadratic and exponential) by using tabular, graphical and symbolic representations. 4. Demonstrate the relationship among zeros of a function, roots of equations, and solutions of equations graphically and in words. 5. Describe and compare characteristics of the following families of functions: linear, quadratic and exponential functions; e.g., general shape, number of roots, domain, range, rate of change, maximum or minimum. 6. Write and use equivalent forms of equations and inequalities in problem situations; e.g., changing a linear equation to the slope-intercept form. 7. Use formulas to solve problems involving exponential growth and decay. 8. Find linear equations that represent lines that pass through a given set of ordered pairs, and find linear equations that represent lines parallel or perpendicular to a given line through a specific point. 9. Solve and interpret the meaning of 2 by 2 systems of linear equations graphically, by substitution and by elimination, with and without technology. 10. Solve quadratic equations with real roots by factoring, graphing, using the quadratic formula and with technology. 11. Add, subtract, multiply and divide monomials and polynomials (division of polynomials by monomials only). 12. Simplify rational expressions by eliminating common factors and applying properties of integer exponents. 13. Model and solve problems involving direct and inverse variation using proportional reasoning. 14. Describe the relationship between slope and the graph of a direct variation and inverse variation. 15. Describe how a change in the value of a constant in a linear or quadratic equation affects the related graphs.