Central Bucks Academic Content Standards:

Mathematics

May 14, 1999
2.4 Apply Mathematical Reasoning to Make Mathematical Connections with Other Disciplines 2.4 Grade 3
(Mathematical Reasoning and Connections)
2.4 Grade 5
(Mathematical Reasoning and Connections)
2.4 Grade 8
(Mathematical Reasoning and Connections)
2.4 Grade 11
(Mathematical Reasoning and Connections)
A. Using inductive and deductive reasoning A1. Make, check, and verify predictions about the quantity, size, and shape of objects and groups of objects. A1. Draw inductive and deductive conclusions within mathematical contexts. A1. Use direct proofs, indirect proofs, or proof by contradiction to validate conjectures.
A2. Make conjectures based on logical reasoning and test conjectures by using counter-examples.
B. Validating arguments (if-then statements, proofs, etc.) B1. Use models, number facts, properties, and relationships to check and verify predictions and explain reasoning. B1. Combine numeric relationships to arrive at a conclusion. B1. Construct valid arguments from stated facts.
B2. Interpret statements made with precise language of logic (i.e. all, every, some, or, many). B2. Construct, use, and explain algorithmic procedures for computing and estimating with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers. B2. Determine the validity of an argument.
B3. Use statistics to qualify issues in social studies. B3. Use measurements and statistics in family and consumer science. B3. Use if . . . then statements to construct simple valid arguments.
B4. Explain the concepts of prime and composite numbers. B4. Use truth tables to reveal the logic of mathematical statements.
B5. Explain multiplication and division algorithms.  B5. Demonstrate mathematical solutions to problems in the physical sciences.
B6. Select a method for computation and explain why it is appropriate. B6. Distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning.
B7. Describe the relationship between the size of the unit of measurement and the estimate of the areas and volumes.
B8. Connect, extend, and generalize problem solutions to other concepts, problems, and circumstances in mathematics.
 
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