Clarifications:
Essential Understandings
Concrete:
- Locate whole numbers on a number line.
- Locate decimal numbers on a number line.
- Locate fractions on a number line.
- Use a calculator to find the square root of a number.
- Use the square root of a number to place a value on the number line.
- Round an irrational number to the nearest whole number.
- Round an irrational number to the nearest tenths place.
- Round an irrational number to the hundredths place.
- Round an irrational number to the thousandths place.
| Number: MAFS.8.NS.1.AP.2a | Category: Access Points |
| Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 |
Cluster:
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers. (Supporting Cluster) : Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters. |