State Curriculum - Mathematics

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Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement: Students will identify attributes, units, or systems of measurements or apply a variety of techniques, formulas, tools or technology for determining measurements. Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement: Students will identify attributes, units, or systems of measurements or apply a variety of techniques, formulas, tools or technology for determining measurements. Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement: Students will identify attributes, units, or systems of measurements or apply a variety of techniques, formulas, tools or technology for determining measurements.
A. Measurement Units A. Measurement Units A. Measurement Units
1. Read customary and metric measurement units
 		1. Read customary and metric measurement units
a. Estimate and determine length and height
    Assessment limit:
  • Use the nearest millimeter or ¼ inch
 a. Estimate and determine weight or mass
    Assessment limit:
  • Use the nearest ounce for weight and the nearest gram for mass
  
b. Estimate and determine weight or mass
 b. Estimate and determine capacity
    Assessment limit:
  • Use the nearest ounce
  
c. Estimate and determine capacity
    
B. Measurement Tools B. Measurement Tools B. Measurement Tools
1. Measure in customary and metric units
 		1. Measure in customary and metric units
 		1. Measure in customary and metric units
a. Select and use appropriate tools and units
    Assessment limit:
  • Use the nearest millimeter or ¼ inch with a ruler
 a. Select and use appropriate tools and units
    Assessment limit:
  • Measure length to 1/8 inch with a ruler
 a. Select and use appropriate tools and units
    Assessment limit:
  • Measure length to the nearest 1/16 inch with a ruler
2. Compare right angles to a corner
 		2. Measure angles
 		2. Measure angles in polygons
  a. Measure a single angle and angles in regular polygons
    Assessment limit:
  • Measure an angle between 0 and 180 to the nearest degree
  
C. Applications in Measurement C. Applications in Measurement C. Applications in Measurement
1. Apply measurement concepts
 		1. Estimate and apply measurement formulas
 		1. Estimate and apply measurement formulas
a. Determine perimeter
    Assessment limit:
  • Use polygons with no more than 6 sides given the length of the sides in whole numbers (0 – 100)
 a. Determine perimeter
    Assessment limit:
  • Use polygons with no more than 8 sides and whole numbers (0 –500)
 a. Estimate and determine the area of a polygon
    Assessment limit:
  • Use triangles and whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
b. Determine area
    Assessment limit:
  • Use rectangles with the length of the sides in whole numbers (0 – 100)
 b. Determine area
 b. Estimate and determine the volume of a rectangular prism
    Assessment limit:
  • Use rectangular prisms and whole number dimensions (0 – 1000)
c. Determine start time, elapsed time, and end time
    Assessment limit:
  • Use hour and half hour intervals
 c. Find the area and the perimeter of any closed figure on a grid
    Assessment limit:
  • Use whole and partial units (0-50)
 c. Estimate and determine the area of a composite figure
    Assessment limit:
  • Use composite figures with no more than four polygons (triangles or rectangles) and whole number dimensions (0 – 500)
  d. Estimate and determine volume by counting
 d. Determine missing dimension of a quadrilateral given the perimeter length
    Assessment limit:
  • Find length in a quadrilateral given the perimeter with whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
    e. Determine the missing dimension of rectangles
    Assessment limit:
  • Find length in a square or rectangle given the area and whole number dimensions (0 – 200)
2. Calculate equivalent measurements
 		2. Calculate equivalent measurements
a. Determine equivalent units of length
    Assessment limit:
  • Use 36 inches = 1 yard and whole numbers (0-100)
 a. Determine start, elapsed, and end time
    Assessment limit:
  • Use the nearest minute
  
b. Determine equivalent units of time
 b. Determine equivalent units of measurement
    Assessment limit:
  • Use seconds, minutes, and hours or pints, quarts, and gallons
  
c. Determine equivalent units of capacity and weight within the same system
    
 

Note: Highlighted assessment limits will be tested in the no calculator section of MSA. In the assessment limit, (0-10) or (-10 to 10) means all numbers in the problem or the answer will fall within the range of 0 to 10 (including endpoints) or -10 to 10 (including endpoints), respectively. All content standards are tested in MSA but not all objectives. Objectives that have an assessment limit are tested on MSA. Objectives without an assessment limit are not tested on MSA.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

June 2004