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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Reflected Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, learners must use a straightedge and compass to construct the line across which one triangle was reflected onto another. Aligns with G-CO.A.5 and G-CO.D.12.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Sine and Cosine of Complementary Angles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to provide a geometric explanation for the relationship between the sine and cosine of acute angles. In addition, young scholars will need to think about the sine and cosine as functions of an angle in order to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Defining Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to use the notion of similarity to define the sine and cosine of an acute angle. Aligns with G-SRT.C.6.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Maria's Marbles

For Teachers 1st
This lesson plans has students solve word problems about marbles using addition or subtraction within 20.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A rei.c.6: Accurately Weighing Pennies Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This illustrated math lesson shows how important levels of accuracy in measurement are. The answer can be different since a scale only accurately weighs to the nearest tenth of a gram instead of to the nearest hundredth of a gram. Aligns...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei the Circle and the Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students are required to solve a system of equations in this task which will demonstrate their understanding of the correspondence between intersection points of the two graphs and solutions of the system. Aligns with A-REI.C.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task has two separate goals: the first is to solve a pair of equations, one quadratic and the other linear. The second goal is to observe that a point that lies on a circle gives rise to a Pythagorean triple. Aligns with A-REI.C.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Explore the Standards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore standards by grade and category.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 4.g Defining Attributes of Rectangles & Parallelograms

For Teachers 4th
At early stages of understanding of geometric shapes, 4th graders describe shapes, but do not yet characterize shapes by their properties. One example of a misconception students have at this stage is that a rectangle has two short sides...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Cubic Identity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This task presents a challenging exercise in both algebraic manipulations and seeing structure in algebraic expressions (MP 7).
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Illustrative Mathematics: Complex Distance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This problem is intended to reinforce the geometric interpretation of distance between complex numbers and midpoints as modulus of the difference and average respectively.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: What's Your Favorite Subject

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This website provides a task in which students interpret data in a two way table by calculating the relative frequencies of a data set.