Unit 8
Student Learning Targets
Accelerated 7
Side Lengths and Areas of Squares
The Areas of Squares
- I can find the area of a tilted square on a grid by using methods like “decompose and rearrange” and “surround and subtract.”
- I can find the area of a triangle.
Side Lengths and Areas
- I can explain what a square root is.
- If I know the area of a square, I can express its side length using square root notation.
Square Roots
- I can find exact and approximate side lengths of squares.
Rational and Irrational Numbers
- I know what a rational number is and can give an example.
- I know what an irrational number is and can give an example.
The Pythagorean Theorem
Representations of Rational and Irrational Numbers
Edge Lengths, Volumes, and Cube Roots
- I can approximate cube roots.
- I know what a cube root is.
- I understand the meaning of expressions like
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