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A lesson plan for Grade 8 Mathematics
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- 8
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- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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In this lesson from Illuminations, students explore the relationships among lines, slopes, and y-intercepts using the real-world situation of the printing of their textbook. They use data presented in tables, graphs, and equation form for problem solving.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 8
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including scatterplots) to solve problems.
- Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will understand and use linear relations and functions.
- Objective 5.01: Develop an understanding of function.
- Translate among verbal, tabular, graphic, and algebraic representations of functions.
- Identify relations and functions as linear or nonlinear.
- Find, identify, and interpret the slope (rate of change) and intercepts of a linear relation.
- Interpret and compare properties of linear functions from tables, graphs, or equations.
- Objective 5.02: Write an equation of a linear relationship given: two points, the slope and one point on the line, or the slope and y-intercept.
- Objective 5.01: Develop an understanding of function.
