Algebraic Connections

Standards

Description

Lessons

1

Use algebraic and geometric techniques to make financial and economic decisions, including those involving banking and investments, insurance, personal budgets, credit purchases, recreation, and deceptive and fraudulent pricing and advertising.

8

2

Solve problems using direct, inverse, and joint variation. 5

3

Use formulas or equations of functions to calculate outcomes of exponential growth or decay.

8
4 Determine maximum and minimum values of a function using linear programming procedures. 5
5

Approximate rates of change of nonlinear relationships from graphical and numerical data.

4
6

Use the extreme value of a given quadratic function to solve applied problems.

5
7

Make predictions based upon tables or graphs from societal contexts.

5
8 Determine missing information in an application-based situation by using the properties of right triangles, including trigonometric ratios. 4
9 Analyze the aesthetics of real-life situations using line symmetry, rotational symmetry, or the golden ratio. 5
10

Use arc length and sector area to solve applied problems.

4
11

Critique the appropriateness of measurements in terms of precision, accuracy, and approximate error.

4
12

Use ratios of perimeters, areas, and volumes of similar figures to solve applied problems.

4
13 Model a set of data by estimating the equation of a curve of best fit from tables of values or scatterplots. 4
14

Estimate probabilities given a frequency distribution.

7

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