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Content Competency
MTH 221-05
Rebecca Lash
Content Competency
MTH 221-05
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Will the answer for these equations be the same of different? How do you know?
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6. Professor McGonagall wrote an equation to show the total number of points Gryffindor earned
during one week.
(10 X 3) + (5 X 4) =
If students earned 10 points for answering difficult questions correctly and 5 points for using a
magic spell correctly, use words to explain the equation above.
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Standards:
1. Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions
with these symbols. [5.OA.A.1]
2. Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical
expressions without evaluating them. [5.OA.A.2]
10P 2 = 20P
5P 3 = 15P
10P 4 = 40P
A. These equations are the same because they are asking the same question and all of the
equations will have the same final answer. They are different because they all use
different symbols and include parentheses.
B. The answers will be the same as long as you follow the order of operations. I know
this because multiplication always comes before addition, even if there are no
parentheses.
6. Three Gryffindor students answered difficult questions correctly, and four Gryffindor students
performed use of a magic spell correctly. This gave Gryffindor 50 points for that week.
Rebecca Lash
Content Competency
MTH 221-05
Rebecca Lash
Content Competency
MTH 221-05
Complete the table for each plan to generate ordered pairs and create a graph to represent your
results. Be sure to add numbers to the x and y axis before plotting your points. Highlight each
plan with a different color. Review your results and create an argument for which plan you feel is
the better buy.
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Points
15
4
5
5
1
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Where entries are missing on Rita and Rexs sheet, determine the missing information (boxes
and pieces bought, sold, or remaining at the end of the day), and record as a simplified algebraic
expression on you log. Show your work in the space provided. On some days both the sales
and new stock data are missing. In these cases, determine reasonable quantities for both
that will result in the recorded inventory at the end of the day and express these sales and
new stock quantities algebraically on your log.
Write a set of directions explaining the proper way to record opening inventories, daily sales, and
new stock information as well as how to determine the closing inventory algebraically. These
directions should include examples and be clear and organized so that anyone you hire to run the
shop in the future can understand the system.
Submit your work to your business partern (your teacher).
Specific Grading Criteria:
Translate written inventory, sales, and new stock information into algebraic expressions.
Simplify algebraic expressions.
Add and subtract algebraic expressions to determine missing entries.
Explain how to write and simplify algebraic expressions to represent candy quantities (sales and
new stock), and how to add and subtract these expressions to determine ending inventories. \
Rebecca Lash
Content Competency
MTH 221-05
Rebecca Lash
Content Competency
MTH 221-05
Standards: Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers. [6.EE.A.2]
Rebecca Lash
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MTH 221-05
Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers.
For example, express the calculation Subtract y from 5 as 5 y. [6.EE.A.2.A]
Key: A key was provided. I checked to see that it was correct.
New Stock
5b + 4
Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities
Task: Set It Up
Part 1. Marcus has 6 pet rabbits. He keeps them in two cages that are connected so they can go
back and forth between the cages. One cage is orange and the other cage is blue.
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Part 2: Find the weight of the pair of shoes and pair of socks.
7. What do you notice about the shoes if the pair of socks weighs 0.8 ounces? How can you
find the weight of the pair of shoes if the pair of socks weighs 0.8 ounces?
8. How can you find the weight of the pair of socks if the pair of shoes weighs 13.1 ounces?
9.
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c. Write an equation that represents the above equations using variables instead of
pictures.
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AND: Adjust the problem item to address additional standards in the cluster.
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The only standard in this cluster not addressed is number 8. Write an inequality of the form x > c
or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem.
Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions, represent
solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams. [6.EE.B.6]
To incorporate part of this standard I would add two more questions. 1. Write at least one
inequality for each color cage about how many rabbits can be in each cage. 2. Write an inequality
representing the weight between the shoes and the socks.
Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent
variables.
Task: Graphing Stories
Introduction: Creating and comparing graphs of two stories.
A girl walks down a set of stairs at a steady pace. When she gets to the bottom, she runs back up
the stairs. Once she gets to the top, she walks around in a circle at a steady pace. Draw a graph
that could represent this story.
A boy walks up a hill at a steady pace. When he gets to the top, he runs down the hill. He then
continues to walk at a steady pace. Draw a graph that could represent this story.
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Before conducting this activity, look at the graphs below. If time is represented on the x-axis, and
the number of jumping jacks performed is shown on the y-axis, make a prediction: which shape
do you think will most likely match your data? Explain your reasoning.
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Now graph your groups data on the grid below. Connect the dots with a ruler or straight edge.
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Explain the shape of your graph. Why is it steeper or flatter in certain parts?
How would the shape of your graph change if the sizes of the intervals were changed? Give an
example.
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For one of the graphs above, explain the shape you drew. Be sure to relate the shape of the graph
to the context of the scenario.
Standards: Use variable to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in
relationship to one another; write an equation to express on quantity, thought of as the dependent
variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the
relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate
these to the equation. For example, in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and
graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d = 65t to represent the
relationship between distance and time. [6.EE.C.9]
Key: A key was provided with this problem. I checked it to make sure it was correct.
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AND: The task does not cover the entire standard. There is no part asking the students to write
an equation. To cover the entire standard, I would add in the jumping jack activity, to write an
equation that represents the (possibly) linear graph of jumping jacks. If the graph is not exactly
linear, come up with an equation that shows a linear relationship based on what a linear graph
would look like for jumping jacks.