Mathematics MST
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Adult Goal 9 (continued): Learners will develop and use knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents.

OBJECTIVES EXAMPLES
Objective C: Learners will apply concepts of whole number operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, powers and roots, to common fractions, decimals, and percents.
  • Recognize that the concepts, definitions, and laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division apply also to common fractions, decimals, and/or percents.
  • Use models (Cuisenaire Rods, cutouts of circles, Deanes Blocks, paper, instruments, coins, dollars/cents, base ten grids, etc.) to explore the result of number operations on common fractions, decimals, and/or percents.
Objective D: Learners will apply knowledge of ratios, proportions, common fractions, decimals, and percents to a variety of problem-solving situations.
  • Learner will select and use the appropriate ratio, proportion, common fraction, decimal, and/or percent and an appropriate algorithm (procedure used to operate on them) to solve a variety of personal, work-related, or academic problems.

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