Language of Discipline
Patterns and Rules
Ethics and Multiple Perspectives
The Big Idea
Trends
100

This term describes a number's distance from zero on a number line no matter what direction it is.

What is absolute value?






100

This math "rule" dictates that you must perform operations in brackets before exponents when simplifying an expression.

What is "order of operations" or "GEMDAS"?

100

A store offers "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" while another offers "33% off everything." Which is better for a customer buying exactly 3 items.

What is "Buy 2 get 1 free"? 

Bonus: Why is it slightly better?

100

These numbers can be written in three different forms: fractions, decimals and percentages.

What are rational numbers?

100

Describe how the area of a square changes if you double the length of each side?

What is "quadruples"?

200

Can contain numbers, variables and operations. An example would be 3X + 5.

What is an algebraic expression?

200

Identify the pattern of the sequence of the following coordinate pairs:

(1, 6), (3, 18), (7, 42), (0, 0), (-2, -12)

What is multiplicative and a rule of X6?

200

From a statistician's point of view, this might be a good way to compare different pro basketball players' ability.

What is finding mean, median or mode?

200

For volume of a rectangular prism, always use the product of these three dimensions.

What are length, width and height?

200

In a data set there is a trend of a positive correlation between study time and test scores. Predict what would likely happen to the score if study time decreased.

What is, "the test scores would likely decrease"?

300

This theorem has a rule of A + B > C?

What is the Triangle Inequality Theorem?

300

These specific numbers are divisible by 10.

What are numbers that have a zero in the ones place?

300

All of these terms are examples: descend, drop, fall, decrease, penalty, lower.

What is a loss?

What is a negative situation?

300

This term refers to a variety of answers and data points within a data survey.

What is variability?

400

This can be written 3 ways, can be simplified and is a comparison of 2 things.

What is a ratio?

400

This number is the first number in the line of 50s that is prime.

What is the number 53?

400

These graphs involve intervals as a collection of data.

What is a a frequency table and a histogram?

400

The three ways to write these are: colon form, word form and fraction form.

What are 3 ways to write ratios?

500
This specific function must be done to fractions before multiplying or dividing mixed fractions.

What is convert to improper fractions?

500

These 2 rules apply to what necessary function:

1. The inequality must be either multiplication or division.

2. The coefficient or denominator must be negative.

What is "flipping the inequality symbol"?

500

The breakdown of a specific number into nothing but prime numbers is 2X2X3X5.

What is the prime factorization of the number 60?

500

The answer is to always show your work.

What is the answer to, "Do we show our work on our STAAR test?"