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ways of thinking to real-world issues and challenges. The standards set a
rigorous definition of college and career readiness not by piling topic upon
topic, but by demanding that students develop a depth of understanding and
ability to apply mathematics to novel situations, as college students and
employees regularly do.
Through grade six, math skills focus on:
• Operations and algebraic thinking
• Number and operations
• Measurement and data
• Geometry
In grade seven, ratios and proportional relationships are added.
High school higher order math skills include:
• Number and quantity
• Algebra
• Functions
• Modeling
• Geometry
• Statistics and probability
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