Mathematics at the mall: Unit overview

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 4

• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will understand and use perimeter and area.
  • Objective 2.01: Develop strategies to determine the area of rectangles and the perimeter of plane figures.
  • Objective 2.02: Solve problems involving perimeter of plane figures and areas of rectangles.

Grade 5

• Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will understand and use properties and relationships of plane figures.
  • Objective 3.02: Make and test conjectures about polygons involving:
    • Sum of the measures of interior angles.
    • Lengths of sides and diagonals.
    • Parallelism and perpendicularity of sides and diagonals.
  • Objective 3.04: Solve problems involving the properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons.
    • Sum of the measures of interior angles.
    • Lengths of sides and diagonals.
    • Parallelism and perpendicularity of sides and diagonals.

Grade 6

• Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
  • Objective 1.02: Develop meaning for percents.
    • Connect the model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
    • Make estimates in appropriate situations.
• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will select and use appropriate tools to measure two- and three-dimensional figures.
  • Objective 2.01: Estimate and measure length, perimeter, area, angles, weight, and mass of two- and three-dimensional figures, using appropriate tools.
  • Objective 2.02: Solve problems involving perimeter/circumference and area of plane figures.

Grade 7

• Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
  • Objective 1.01: Develop and use ratios, proportions, and percents to solve problems.
• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will understand and use measurement involving two- and three-dimensional figures.
  • Objective 2.01: Draw objects to scale and use scale drawings to solve problems.
• Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will understand and use properties and relationships in geometry.
  • Objective 3.03: Use scaling and proportional reasoning to solve problems related to similar and congruent polygons.
• 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 box plots and histograms) to solve problems.

Grade 8

• Goal 1: Number and Operations -The learner will understand and compute with real numbers.
  • Objective 1.02: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.
• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will understand and use measurement concepts.
  • Objective 2.01: Determine the effect on perimeter, area or volume when one or more dimensions of two- and three-dimensional figures are changed.
• 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.