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ALGEBRA - ARITHMETIC WITH POLYNOMIALS AND RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS

  • MII.A-APR.A.1.a Perform operations on polynomial expressions (addition, subtraction, multiplication), and compare the system of polynomials to the system of integers when performing operations.
  • MII.A-APR.A.1.b Factor and/or expand polynomial expressions; identify and combine like terms; and apply the Distributive property.

ALGEBRA - CREATING EQUATIONS

  • MII.A-CED.A.1 Create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from quadratic and exponential functions.
  • MII.A-CED.A.2 Create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities; graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales.
  • MII.A-CED.A.4 Rearrange formulas, including formulas with quadratic terms, to highlight a quantity of interest using the same reasoning as in solving equations (Properties of equality). For example, rearrange Ohm’s law R = V^2/p to solve for voltage, V.

ALGEBRA - REASONING WITH EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES

  • MII.A-REI.B.4.a Use the method of completing the square to transform any quadratic equation in x into an equation of the form (x – p)^2 = q that has the same solutions. Derive the quadratic formula from this form.
  • MII.A-REI.B.4.b Solve quadratic equations by inspection (e.g., for x^2 = 49), taking square roots, completing the square, the quadratic formula, and factoring, as appropriate to the initial form of the equation. Recognize when the quadratic formula gives complex solutions and write them as a ± bi for real numbers a and b.
  • MII.A-REI.C.7 Solve a simple system consisting of a linear equation and a quadratic equation in two variables algebraically and graphically. For example, find the points of intersection between the line y = –3x and the circle x^2 + y^2 = 3.

ALGEBRA - SEEING STRUCTURE IN EXPRESSIONS

  • MII.A-SSE.A.1.a Interpret parts of an expression, such as terms, factors, and coefficients.
  • MII.A-SSE.A.1.b Interpret complicated expressions by viewing one or more of their parts as a single entity. For example, interpret P(1 + r)^t as the product of P and a factor not depending on P.
  • MII.A-SSE.A.2 Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to rewrite it. For example, see (x + 2)^2 – 9 as a difference of squares that can be factored as ((x + 2) + 3)((x + 2) – 3).
  • MII.A-SSE.B.3.a Factor a quadratic expression to reveal the zeros of the function it defines.
  • MII.A-SSE.B.3.b Complete the square in a quadratic expression to reveal the maximum or minimum value of the function it defines.
  • MII.A-SSE.B.3.c Use the properties of exponents to transform expressions for exponential functions. For example, the expression 1.15^t can be rewritten as (1.15^(1/12))^12t ≈ 1.012^12t to reveal the approximate equivalent monthly interest rate if the annual rate is 15%.

FUNCTIONS - BUILDING FUNCTIONS

  • MII.F-BF.A.1.a Determine an explicit expression, a recursive process, or steps for calculation from a context.
  • MII.F-BF.A.1.b Combine standard function types using arithmetic operations. For example, build a function that models the temperature of a cooling body by adding a constant function to a decaying exponential, and relate these functions to the model.
  • MII.F-BF.B.3 Identify the effect on the graph of replacing f(x) by f(x) + k, k f(x), f(kx), and f(x + k) for specific values of k (both positive and negative); find the value of k given the graphs. Include exponential, quadratic, and absolute value functions. Utilize technology to experiment with cases and illustrate an explanation of the effects on the graph.
  • MII.F-BF.B.4.a Solve an equation of the form f(x) = c for a linear function f that has an inverse and write an expression for the inverse.

FUNCTIONS - INTERPRETING FUNCTIONS

  • MII.F-IF.B.4 For a function that models a relationship between two quantities, interpret key features of graphs and tables in terms of the quantities, and sketch graphs showing key features given a verbal description of the relationship. Key features include: intercepts; intervals where the function is increasing, decreasing, positive, or negative; relative maximums and minimums; symmetries; and end behavior.
  • MII.F-IF.B.5 Relate the domain of a function to its graph and, where applicable, to the quantitative relationship it describes. For example, if the function h(n) gives the number of person-hours it takes to assemble n engines in a factory, then the positive integers would be an appropriate domain for the function.
  • MII.F-IF.B.6 Calculate and interpret the average rate of change of a function (presented symbolically or as a table) over a specified interval. Estimate the rate of change from a graph.
  • MII.F-IF.C.7.a Graph quadratic functions and show intercepts, maxima, and minima.
  • MII.F-IF.C.7.b Graph piecewise-defined functions, including step functions and absolute value functions.
  • MII.F-IF.C.8.a Use the process of factoring and completing the square in a quadratic function to show zeros, minimum/maximum values, and symmetry of the graph and interpret these in terms of a context.
  • MII.F-IF.C.8.b Use the properties of exponents to interpret expressions for exponential functions. Apply to financial situations such as Identifying appreciation/depreciation rate for the value of a house or car some time after its initial purchase:. For example, identify percent rate of change in functions such as y = (1.02)^t, y = (0.97)^t, y = (1.01)^12t, and y = (1.2)^t∕10, and classify them as representing exponential growth or decay.
  • MII.F-IF.C.9 Translate among different representations of functions (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way. For example, given a graph of one quadratic function and an algebraic expression for another, say which has the larger maximum.

FUNCTIONS - LINEAR, QUADRATIC, AND EXPONENTIAL MODELS

  • MII.F-LE.A.3 Observe using graphs and tables that a quantity increasing exponentially eventually exceeds a quantity increasing linearly, quadratically, or (more generally) as a polynomial function.

GEOMETRY - CIRCLES

  • MII.G-C.A.1 Prove that all circles are similar.
  • MII.G-C.A.2 Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii, and chords. Include the relationship between central, inscribed, and circumscribed angles; inscribed angles on a diameter are right angles; the radius of a circle is perpendicular to the tangent where the radius intersects the circle.
  • MII.G-C.A.3 Construct the inscribed and circumscribed circles of a triangle, and prove properties of angles for a quadrilateral and other polygons inscribed in a circle.
  • MII.G-C.A.4 (+) Construct a tangent line from a point outside a given circle to the circle.
  • MII.G-C.B.5 Derive, using similarity, the fact that the length of the arc intercepted by an angle is proportional to the radius, and define the radian measure of the angle as the constant of proportionality; derive the formula for the area of a sector.

GEOMETRY - CONGRUENCE

  • MII.G-CO.C.9 Prove theorems about lines and angles. Theorems include: vertical angles are congruent; when a transversal crosses parallel lines, alternate interior angles are congruent and corresponding angles are congruent, and conversely prove lines are parallel; points on a perpendicular bisector of a line segment are exactly those equidistant from the segment’s endpoints.
  • MII.G-CO.C.10 Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent, and conversely prove a triangle is isosceles; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.
  • MII.G-CO.C.11.a Prove theorems about polygons. Theorems include the measures of interior and exterior angles. Apply properties of polygons to the solutions of mathematical and contextual problems.

GEOMETRY - GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AND DIMENSION

  • MII.G-GMD.A.1 Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid, and cone. Use dissection arguments, Cavalieri’s principle, and informal limit arguments.
  • MII.G-GMD.A.2 (+) Give an informal argument using Cavalieri’s principle for the formulas for the volume of a sphere and other solid figures.
  • MII.G-GMD.A.3 Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.

GEOMETRY - EXPRESSING GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES WITH EQUATIONS

  • MII.G-GPE.A.1 Derive the equation of a circle of given center and radius using the Pythagorean Theorem; complete the square to find the center and radius of a circle given by an equation.
  • MII.G-GPE.A.2 Derive the equation of a parabola given a focus and directrix.
  • MII.G-GPE.B.4 Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically including the distance formula and its relationship to the Pythagorean Theorem. For example, prove or disprove that a figure defined by four given points in the coordinate plane is a rectangle; prove or disprove that the point (1,√3) lies on the circle centered at the origin and containing the point (0, 2).
  • MII.G-GPE.B.6 Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.

GEOMETRY - SIMILARITY, RIGHT TRIANGLES, AND TRIGONOMETRY

  • MII.G-SRT.A.1.a A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged.
  • MII.G-SRT.A.1.b The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor.
  • MII.G-SRT.A.2 Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.
  • MII.G-SRT.A.3 Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the Angle-Angle (AA) criterion for two triangles to be similar.
  • MII.G-SRT.B.4 Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.
  • MII.G-SRT.B.5 Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.
  • MII.G-SRT.C.6 Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.
  • MII.G-SRT.C.7 Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles.
  • MII.G-SRT.C.8 Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

NUMBER AND QUANTITY - THE COMPLEX NUMBER SYSTEM

  • MII.N-CN.A.1 Know there is a complex number i such that i^2 = −1, and every complex number has the form a + bi with a and b real.
  • MII.N-CN.A.2 Use the relation i^2 = –1 and the Commutative, Associative, and Distributive properties to add, subtract, and multiply complex numbers.
  • MII.N-CN.C.7 Solve quadratic equations with real coefficients that have complex solutions.

NUMBER AND QUANTITY - QUANTITIES

  • MII.N-Q.A.3.a Describe the effects of approximate error in measurement and rounding on measurements and on computed values from measurements. Identify significant figures in recorded measures and computed values based on the context given and the precision of the tools used to measure

NUMBER AND QUANTITY - THE REAL NUMBER SYSTEM

  • MII.N-RN.A.1 Explain how the definition of the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to those values, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents. For example, we define 5^(1/3) to be the cube root of 5 because we want (5^(1/3))3 = 5^((1/3)3) to hold, so (5^(1/3))^3 must equal 5.
  • MII.N-RN.A.2 Rewrite expressions involving radicals and rational exponents using the properties of exponents.
  • MII.N-RN.B.3 Explain why the sum or product of two rational numbers is rational; that the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational; and that the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is irrational.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY - CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND THE RULES OF PROBABILITY

  • MII.S-CP.A.1 Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events (“or,” “and,” “not”).
  • MII.S-CP.A.2 Understand that two events A and B are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities, and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.
  • MII.S-CP.A.3 Understand the conditional probability of A given B as P(A and B)/P(B), and interpret independence of A and B as saying that the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the probability of A, and the conditional probability of B given A is the same as the probability of B.
  • MII.S-CP.A.4 Construct and interpret two-way frequency tables of data when two categories are associated with each object being classified. Use the two-way table as a sample space to decide if events are independent and to approximate conditional probabilities. For example, collect data from a random sample of students in your school on their favorite subject among math, science, and English. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected student from your school will favor science given that the student is in tenth grade. Do the same for other subjects and compare the results.
  • MII.S-CP.A.5 Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations. For example, compare the chance of having lung cancer if you are a smoker with the chance of being a smoker if you have lung cancer.
  • MII.S-CP.B.6 Find the conditional probability of A given B as the fraction of B’s outcomes that also belong to A, and interpret the answer in terms of the model.
  • MII.S-CP.B.7 Apply the Addition Rule, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.
  • MII.S-CP.B.8 (+) Apply the general Multiplication Rule in a uniform probability model, P(A and B) = P(A)P(B|A) = P(B)P(A|B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.
  • MII.S-CP.B.9 (+) Use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.