- Wall Intermediate School
- Course Overview
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UNIT 1: USING INTEGERS AND RATIONAL NUMBERS
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1-1: Relate Integers and Their Opposites
- Understand how integers and their opposites are related
1-2: Understand Rational Numbers
- Identify rational numbers and write them in decimal form
1-3: Add Integers
- Add positive and negative integers.
- Model integer addition in real-life applications.
1-4: Subtract Integers
- Understand subtraction of integers as adding the additive inverse, p - q = p + (-q)
1-5: Add and Subtract Rational Numbers
- Use properties of operations to add and subtract rational numbers.
1-6: Multiply Integers
- Multiply positive and negative integers.
- Apply integer multiplication to real-life applications.
1-7: Multiply Rational Numbers
- Find the product of rational numbers
1-8: Divide Integers
- Understand how to divide integers by applying the rules of multiplying integers.
- Determine equivalencies among integer quotients.
1-9: Divide Rational Numbers
- Understand how the signs of integers in a multiplication sentence relate to the signs in a related division sentence.
1-10: Solve problems with Rational Numbers
- Decide which operations to use to solve problems.
- Use precision when solving problems with rational numbers.
UNIT 2: ANALYZE AND USE PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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2-1: Connect Ratios, Rates, and Unit Rates
- Use ratios and rates to describe the relationship between two quantities.
- Find equivalent ratios and use unit rates to solve multi-step problems.
2-2: Determine Unit Rates with Ratios of Fractions
- Find unit rates with ratios of fractions
- Use unit rates to solve multi-step problems.
2-3: Understand Proportional Relationships: Equivalent Ratios
- Determine whether quantities are proportional by testing for equivalent ratios.
2-4: Describe Proportional Relationships: Constant of Proportionality
- Use the constant of proportionality to write equations that represent proportional relationships
- Use equations to solve problems involving proportional relationships.
2-5: Graph Proportional Relationships
- Use a graph to recognize proportionality
- Identify a constant of proportionality from a graph
- Interpret a point on a graph of a proportional relationship
2-6: Apply Proportional Reasoning to Solve Problems
- Explain whether a situation represents a proportional relationship.
UNIT 3: ANALYZE AND SOLVE PERCENT PROBLEMS
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3-1: Analyze Percent of Number
- Understand that equivalent rates can be used to find percents.
- Analyze percents of numbers in a real-world context
3-2: Connect Percent and Proportion
- Construct a percent proportion
- Use a percent proportion to find an unknown part, whole, or percent.
3-3: Represent and Use the Percent Equation
- Understand the relationship between proportional reasoning and percent.
- Interpret the results of a percent equation in a real-life scenario.
3-4: Solve Percent Change and Percent Error Problems
- Solve real-world problems involving percent change and percent error
- Understand the percent equation and the different ways it can be used
3-5: Solve Markup and Markdown Problems
- Understand and calculate markups and markdowns
- Relate percent change to percent markup and percent markdown
3-6: Solve Simple Interest Problems
- Identify the parts of interest problems and how the values are related
- Understand what simple interest is and how it is calculated
UNIT 4: GENERATE EQUIVALENT EXPRESSIONS
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4-1: Write and Evaluate algebraic Expressions
- Understand how variables are used to represent unknown values in problems
4-2: Generate Equivalent Expressions
- Recognize when two expressions are equivalent
- Use properties of operations to write equivalent expressions
4-3: Simplify Expressions
- Combine like integer and rational terms
4-4: Expand Expressions
- Use the Distributive Property to expand expressions
4-5: Factor Expressions
- Understand expanding an expressions is the reverse of factoring
- Identify the GCF of an algebraic terms in expressions
4-6: Add Expressions
- Use Properties of operations to add expressions
- Model addition of expressions in real-life applications
4-7: Subtract Expressions
- Use Properties of operations to subtract expressions
- Model subtraction of expressions in real-life applications
4-8: Analyze Equivalent Expressions
- Write equivalent expressions to show how quantities are related in real-life applications
UNIT 5: SOLVE PROBLEMS USING EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
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5-1: Write Two-Step Equations
- Analyze word problems to write two-step equations
- Understand the relationship between the terms of the equation and the values they represent
5-2: Solve Two-Step Equations
- Use models to solve two-step equations
- Compare algebraic and arithmetic solutions
5-3: Solve Equations Using the Distributive Property
- Solve equations using the Distributive Property
5-4: Solve Inequalities Using Addition or Subtraction
- Graph the solution of inequalities on a number line
- Solve inequalities using the Addition and Subtraction Properties of Inequality
5-5: Solve Inequalities Using Multiplication of Division
- Write inequalities and solve them using Multiplication and Division Properties in Inequality
- Graph the solutions of an inequality on a number line.
5-6: Solve Two-Step Inequalities
- Write and solve two-step inequality to solve a problem.
- Solve an inequality by multiplying or dividing a negative rational number.
5-7: Solve Multi-Step Inequalities
- Explore the relationship between two-step inequalities and multi-step inequalities.
- Apply the distributive property to simplify and solve multi-step inequalities
UNIT 6: USE SAMPLING TO DRAW INFERENCES ABOUT POPULATIONS
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6-1: Populations and Samples
- Distinguish between a population and a sample
- Establish whether a sample is representative of a population
- Generate random samples
6-2: Draw Inferences From Data
- make qualitative inferences from a sample data set
- Make quantitative inferences from a sample data set.
- Make estimates about a population based on a sample data set, and assess whether the inferences are valid.
6-3: Make Comparative Inferences About Populations
- Use box-plots to compare and make inferences about populations
- Use the median and IQR of datasets to informally compare and make inferences about two populations
6-4: Make More Comparative Inferences About Populations
- Use mode, range, mean, and mean absolute deviation (MAD) to compare populations
UNIT 7: PROBABILITY
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7-1: Understand Likelihood and Probability
- Use Probability to describe the likelihood that an event will occur
- Relate Probability to mathematical fairness
7-2: Understand Theoretical Probability
- Understand Theoretical Probability and how it can be used.
- Use theoretical probability to predict an outcome
7-3: Understand Experimental Probability
- Compare theoretical and experimental probability
- Use experimental probability to make predictions
- explain differences between theoretical and experimental probability.
7-4: Use Probability Models
- Develop a probability model
- Use a probability model to evaluate a situation
- Use a probability model to make an estimate
7-5: Determine Outcomes of Compound Events
- Use a tree diagram, a table, or an organized list to represent a sample space for a compound event
7-6: Find Probability of Compound Events
- Organize information about a compound event on a table, a tree diagram, or an organized list
- Find the probability of a compound event
7-7: Simulate Compound Events
- Use different tools to simulate a compound event
- Model a real-world situation involving a compound event and predict its outcome using a simulation
UNIT 8: SOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING GEOMETRY
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8-1: Solve Problems Involving Scale Drawings
- Use a scale drawing as a representational of actual lengths and area.
8-2: Draw Geometric Figures
- Sketch quadrilaterals with given conditions
- Name and Classify quadrilaterals according to their properties
8-3: Draw Triangles with Given Conditions
- Construct Triangles with given conditions
- Conclude whether or not a triangle is formed and what type of triangle it is.
8-4: Solve Problems Using Angle Relationships
- Calculate the measures of angles by using angle relationships
8-5: Solve Problems Involving Circumference of a Circle
- Calculate the circumference, radius, or diameter of a circle
- Recognize the relationship between the circumference and the diameter of a circle and pi.
8-6: Solve Problems Involving Area of a Circle
- Find the area of a circle
- Use the area to find the radius and diameter
- Solve Problems involving the area of circle
8-7: Describe Cross Sections
- Describe cross sections of right rectangular prisms and pyramids
- solve problems involving cross sections
8-8: Solve Problems Involving Surface Area
- Find the surface area of two-dimensional composite shapes.
- Find the surface area of three-dimensional composite shapes
8-9: Solve Problems Involving Volume
- Calculate the volume of various three-dimensional figures
- Solve problems involving the volume of three-dimensional figures
UNIT 9: PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY
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9.1 - Personal Budgets
- Identify components of a budget
- Determine the difference between fixed and variable expenses
9.2 - Minimum Household Budgets
- Identify necessary expenses and the amount of money needed to cover expenses
9.3 - Sales Tax
- Calculate sales tax on various items
- Determine the difference between taxable and non-taxable items
9.4 - Income Tax
- Calculate income tax
- Discuss the types of income tax
- Observe the impact of taxes on a paycheck
9.5 - Calculating Interest
- Calculate simple interest
- Calculate compound interest
- Understand interest is earned over a period of time
9.6 - Comparing Simple and Compound Interest
- Determine how time and interest rates can affect the amount of interest earned
9.7 - Net Worth
- Compare and identify assets vs. liabilities
- Use assets and liabilities to determine net worth
9.8 - Monetary Incentives
- Identify and understand monetary incentives used by retailers to obtain consumers purchases.
- identify the advantages and disadvantages of different monetary incentives
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