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West Virginia K–6 mathematics standards

West Virginia writes its own mathematics standards. They are published as West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Mathematics, adopted 2024 and are not a version of a national framework. 218 of 234 are matched to a national standard.

Framework
West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Mathematics
Adopted
2024
Source last checked
August 2, 2026
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234 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • M.K.1K

    Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

  • M.K.2K

    Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

  • M.K.3K

    Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

  • M.K.4.aK

    When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.

  • M.K.4.bK

    Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted and the number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.

  • M.K.4.cK

    Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

  • M.K.5K

    Count to answer questions (e.g., "How many?") about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.

  • M.K.6K

    Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group (e.g., by using matching and counting strategies).

  • M.K.7K

    Compare and order two numbers between 0-20 presented as written numerals.

  • M.K.8K

    Represent addition and subtraction with strategies using objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), and acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, and equations.

  • M.K.9K

    Solve addition and subtraction word problems and add and subtract within 10 by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

  • M.K.10K

    Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way by using objects or drawings and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).

  • M.K.11K

    For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

  • M.K.12K

    Fluently (efficiently, flexibly, and accurately) add and subtract within 5 using various strategies.

  • M.K.13K

    Recognize and create recognizable patterns using colors, shapes, sizes, and sounds with support and guidance.

  • M.K.14K

    Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and larger two-digit numbers by using objects or drawings and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones (one ten) and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

  • M.K.15K

    Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight and describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

  • M.K.16K

    Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of" or "less of" the attribute and describe the difference.

  • M.K.17K

    Classify objects into given categories, count the numbers of objects in each category, and sort the categories by count. Category counts should be limited to less than or equal to 10. (e.g., Identify coins and sort them into groups of 5s or 10s.)

  • M.K.18K

    Identify coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter.

  • M.K.19K

    Count pennies to 20.

  • M.K.20K

    Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind and next to.

  • M.K.21K

    Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

  • M.K.22K

    Using real-life objects, identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").

  • M.K.23K

    Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/ "corners"), and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

  • M.K.24K

    Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

  • M.K.25K

    Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes (e.g., "Can these two triangles, with full sides touching, join to make a rectangle?").

  • MHM1K–6

    Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

  • MHM2K–6

    Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

  • MHM3K–6

    Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

  • MHM4K–6

    Model with mathematics.

  • MHM5K–6

    Use appropriate tools strategically.

  • MHM6K–6

    Attend to precision.

  • MHM7K–6

    Look for and make use of structure.

  • MHM8K–6

    Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  • M.1.11

    Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions (e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

  • M.1.21

    Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20 (e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

  • M.1.31

    Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract (e.g., If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known: Commutative Property of Addition. To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12: Associative Property of Addition).

  • M.1.41

    Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem (e.g., subtract 10 – 8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8).

  • M.1.51

    Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2, by counting backwards 3 to subtract 3).

  • M.1.61

    Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10 and use strategies such as · counting on; · making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); · decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); · using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8= 4); and · creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 +7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).

  • M.1.71

    Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false (e.g., Which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 – 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2). Recognize the difference between an expression (3 + 5) and an equation (3 + 5=8).

  • M.1.81

    Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers (e.g., Determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations. 8 + ? = 11, 5 = ? – 3, 6 + 6 = ?).

  • M.1.91

    Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. Skip count to 120 by 2's. Skip count to 120 by 5's and 10's.

  • M.1.10.a1

    10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten." (e.g., A group of ten pennies is equivalent to a dime.)

  • M.1.10.b1

    The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine ones.

  • M.1.10.c1

    The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine tens (and 0 ones).

  • M.1.111

    Compare and order two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.

  • M.1.121

    Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones, and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

  • M.1.131

    Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count and explain the reasoning used.

  • M.1.141

    Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences) using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

  • M.1.151

    Order three objects by length and compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.

  • M.1.161

    Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps.

  • M.1.171

    Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

  • M.1.181

    Identify the value of coins and use dimes and pennies to model the relationship between money and place value (e.g., exchange 10 pennies for 1 dime or exchange 10 dimes for 1 dollar).

  • M.1.191

    Organize, represent, interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

  • M.1.201

    Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, and/or overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.

  • M.1.211

    Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape and compose new shapes from the composite shape.

  • M.1.221

    Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths and quarters and use the phrases half of, fourth of and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares and understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.

  • M.1.231

    Create a recognizable pattern following a given rule, using colors, shapes, sizes, and sounds.

  • M.2.12

    Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions (e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

  • M.2.22

    Fluently (efficiently, flexibly, and accurately) add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies and by end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers by using various strategies.

  • M.2.32

    Analyze a number pattern to determine the rule: add 2, add 3, add 5, or add 10.

  • M.2.42

    Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.

  • M.2.52

    Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns to describe the arrays; write expressions to describe the array and equations to express the total as a sum of equal addends.

  • M.2.6.a2

    100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens – called a "hundred."

  • M.2.6.b2

    Numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine hundreds, and 0 tens and 0 ones.

  • M.2.72

    Count within 1000 and skip-count by 5s, 10s and 100s.

  • M.2.82

    Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names and expanded form.

  • M.2.92

    Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens and ones digits, using >, = and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. Order numbers based on place value.

  • M.2.102

    Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

  • M.2.112

    Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

  • M.2.122

    Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

  • M.2.132

    Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900 and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.

  • M.2.142

    Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.

  • M.2.152

    Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

  • M.2.162

    Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements, describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.

  • M.2.172

    Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

  • M.2.182

    Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.

  • M.2.192

    Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units (e.g., by using drawings, such as drawings of rulers), and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

  • M.2.202

    Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2… and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram.

  • M.2.212

    Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.

  • M.2.222

    Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately (e.g., If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?).

  • M.2.232

    Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.

  • M.2.242

    Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.

  • M.2.252

    Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces (sizes are compared directly or visually, not compared by measuring). Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

  • M.2.262

    Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

  • M.2.272

    Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.

  • M.3.13

    Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each (e.g., describe context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7).

  • M.3.23

    Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each (e.g., describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8).

  • M.3.33

    Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities (e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

  • M.3.43

    Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers (e.g., determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 × ? = 48, 5 = ? ÷ 3, 6 × 6 =?).

  • M.3.53

    Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide (e.g., if 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known: Commutative Property of Multiplication; 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30: Associative Property of Multiplication; knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56: Distributive Property).

  • M.3.63

    Understand division as an unknown-factor problem (e.g., find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8).

  • M.3.73

    Fluently (efficiently, flexibly, and accurately) multiply and divide within 100 using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division and the properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know the multiplication table (facts) within 100 (0s-10s) efficiently.

  • M.3.83

    Solve two-step word problems using the four operations, represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

  • M.3.93

    Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table) and explain those using properties of operations (e.g., observe that 4 times a number is always even and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends).

  • M.3.103

    Read and write numbers to 10,000 using standard form, word form, and expanded form.

  • M.3.113

    Compare two four-digit numbers based on meanings of the thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones digits using >, = and < symbols to record the results of the comparisons. Order numbers based on place value.

  • M.3.123

    Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

  • M.3.133

    Fluently (efficiently, flexibly, and accurately) add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

  • M.3.143

    Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

  • M.3.153

    Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

  • M.3.16.a3

    Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line (e.g., given that b parts is 4 parts, then 1/b represents ¼; students partition the number line into fourths and locate ¼ on the number line).

  • M.3.16.b3

    Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line (e.g., given that a/b represents ¾ or 6/4, students partition the number line into fourths and represent these fractions accurately on the same number line; students extend the number line to include the number of wholes required for the given fractions).

  • M.3.17.a3

    Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size or the same point on a number line.

  • M.3.17.b3

    Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions (e.g., ½ = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent (e.g., by using a visual fraction model).

  • M.3.17.c3

    Express whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers (e.g., express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram).

  • M.3.17.d3

    Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, = or < and justify the conclusions (e.g., by using a visual fraction model).\

  • M.3.183

    Tell and write time to the nearest minute, measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes (e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram).

  • M.3.193

    Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg) and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units (e.g., by using drawings, such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.

  • M.3.203

    Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs (e.g., draw a bar graph in which each square might represent 5 pets).

  • M.3.213

    Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units—whole numbers, halves or quarters.

  • M.3.22.a3

    A square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area and can be used to measure area.

  • M.3.22.b3

    A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by b unit squares is said to have an area of b square units.

  • M.3.233

    Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft. and improvised units).

  • M.3.24.a3

    Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

  • M.3.24.b3

    Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

  • M.3.24.c3

    Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

  • M.3.24.d3

    Recognize area as additive and find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real-world problems.

  • M.3.253

    Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.

  • M.3.263

    Understand that shapes in distinct categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides) and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

  • M.3.273

    Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as ¼ or the area of the shape.

  • M.4.14

    Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison of two expressions (e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5). Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication expressions and equations.

  • M.4.24

    Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison (e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem) and distinguish multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.

  • M.4.34

    Solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

  • M.4.44

    Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1–100, recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is prime or composite.

  • M.4.54

    Generate a number pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself (e.g., given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers; explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way).

  • M.4.64

    Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right (e.g., recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division).

  • M.4.74

    Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, = and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. Order numbers based on place value.

  • M.4.84

    Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.

  • M.4.94

    Fluently (efficiently and accurately) add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

  • M.4.104

    Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations and illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, area models, and/or partial products.

  • M.4.114

    Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, area models, and/or partial quotients.

  • M.4.124

    Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to another fraction by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.

  • M.4.134

    Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators (e.g., by creating common denominators or common numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as ½). Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, = or <, and justify the conclusions by using a visual fraction model.

  • M.4.14.a4

    Add and subtract fractions with like denominators. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.

  • M.4.14.b4

    Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions by using a visual fraction model (e.g., 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8; 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8; 2 1/8 = 1 + 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 1/8).

  • M.4.14.c4

    Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction greater than one and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction. Identify the two whole numbers a mixed number is between.

  • M.4.14.d4

    Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.

  • M.4.15.a4

    Understand a fraction a/b as a multiple of 1/b, (e.g., use a visual fraction model to represent 5/4 as the product 5 × (¼), recording the conclusion by the equation 5/4 = 5 × (¼)).

  • M.4.15.b4

    Understand a multiple of a/b as a multiple of 1/b and use this understanding to multiply a fraction by a whole number (e.g., use a visual fraction model to express 3 × (2/5) as 6 × (1/5), recognizing this product as 6/5. In general, n × (a/b) = (n × a)/b).

  • M.4.15.c4

    Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., If each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?).

  • M.4.164

    Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100 (e.g., express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100).

  • M.4.174

    Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100 (e.g., rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram).

  • M.4.184

    Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, = or <, and justify the conclusions by using a visual model.

  • M.4.194

    Know relative sizes of measurement units within a system of units, including the metric system (km, m, cm; kg, g; l, ml), the customary system (lb., oz.), and time (hr., min., sec.). Within one system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table (e.g., know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in; express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in; generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36), ...).

  • M.4.204

    Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

  • M.4.214

    Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world and mathematical problems by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor (e.g., find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length).

  • M.4.224

    Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (½, ¼, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators by using information presented in line plots (e.g., from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection).

  • M.4.23.a4

    An angle is measured with reference to a circle with its center at the common endpoint of the rays, by considering the fraction of the circular arc between the points where the two rays intersect the circle. An angle that turns through 1/360 of a circle is called a "one-degree angle," and can be used for measuring angles.

  • M.4.23.b4

    An angle that turns through b one-degree angles is said to have an angle measure of b degrees.

  • M.4.244

    Measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor and sketch angles of specified measure.

  • M.4.254

    Recognize angle measure as additive. When an angle is decomposed into non-overlapping parts, the angle measure of the whole is the sum of the angle measures of the parts. Solve addition and subtraction problems to find unknown angles on a diagram in real-world and mathematical problems (e.g., by using an equation with a symbol for the unknown angle measure).

  • M.4.264

    Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse) and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.

  • M.4.274

    Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category and identify right triangles.

  • M.4.284

    Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.

  • M.5.15

    Use parentheses or brackets in numerical expressions and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

  • M.5.25

    Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them (e.g., express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7); recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product).

  • M.5.35

    Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane (e.g., given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 0 and given the rule "Add 6" and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence; explain informally why this is so).

  • M.5.45

    Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

  • M.5.55

    Explain how the value of a multi-digit number, including decimals, is changed when the number is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

  • M.5.6.a5

    Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names and expanded form (e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000)).

  • M.5.6.b5

    Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, = and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

  • M.5.75

    Use place value understanding to round multi-digit numbers, including decimals, to any place.

  • M.5.85

    Fluently (efficiently and accurately) multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

  • M.5.95

    Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, area models, and/or partial quotients.

  • M.5.105

    Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between related operations, relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

  • M.5.115

    Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators (e.g., 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12).

  • M.5.125

    Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers (e.g., recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + ½ = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < ½).

  • M.5.135

    Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem (e.g., interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that ¾ multiplied by 4 equals 3 and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size ¾).

  • M.5.14.a5

    Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a number of parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b (e.g., use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) × 4 = 8/3 and create a story context for this equation; do the same with (2/3) × (4/5) = 8/15).

  • M.5.14.b5

    Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

  • M.5.15.a5

    Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.

  • M.5.15.b5

    Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n×a)/(n×b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.

  • M.5.165

    Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

  • M.5.17.a5

    Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number and compute such quotients (e.g., create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4 and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3) ÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) × 4 = 1/3).

  • M.5.17.b5

    Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction and compute such quotients (e.g., create a story context for 4 ÷ (1/5) and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that 4 ÷ (1/5) = 20 because 20 × (1/5) = 4).

  • M.5.17.c5

    Solve real-world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share ½ lb. of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?).

  • M.5.185

    Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system, both customary and metric, (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m) and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real-world problems.

  • M.5.195

    Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (½, ¼, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots (e.g., given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally).

  • M.5.20.a5

    A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume and can be used to measure volume.

  • M.5.20.b5

    A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using b unit cubes is said to have a volume of b cubic units.

  • M.5.215

    Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

  • M.5.22.a5

    Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes (e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication).

  • M.5.22.b5

    Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = B × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole number edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

  • M.5.22.c5

    Recognize volume as additive and find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real-world problems.

  • M.5.235

    Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines, the origin, arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of the horizontal axis (x-axis) and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the vertical axis (y-axis), with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

  • M.5.245

    Represent real-world mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

  • M.5.255

    Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category (e.g., all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles).

  • M.5.265

    Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.

  • M.6.16

    Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities (e.g., "The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak." "For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.").

  • M.6.26

    Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0 and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship (e.g., "This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is ¾ cup of flour for each cup of sugar." "We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.").

  • M.6.3.a6

    Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.

  • M.6.3.b6

    Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed (e.g., If it took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns, then at that rate, how many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours? At what rate were lawns being mowed?).

  • M.6.3.c6

    Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

  • M.6.3.d6

    Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.

  • M.6.46

    Interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., create a story context for (2/3) ÷ (¾) and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (2/3) ÷ (¾) = 8/9 because ¾ of 8/9 is 2/3. [In general, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = ad/bc.] How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share ½ lb or 1½ lb of chocolate equally? How many ¾-cup servings are in 2/3 of a cup or 5/3 of a cup of yogurt? How wide is a rectangular strip of land with length ¾ mi and area ½ square mi?).

  • M.6.56

    Fluently (efficiently and accurately) divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

  • M.6.66

    Fluently (efficiently and accurately) add, subtract, multiply and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

  • M.6.76

    Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12. Use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1–100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor (e.g., express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2)).

  • M.6.86

    Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

  • M.6.9.a6

    Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., –(–3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite.

  • M.6.9.b6

    Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes.

  • M.6.9.c6

    Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.

  • M.6.10.a6

    Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram (e.g., interpret –3 > –7 as a statement that –3 is located to the right of –7 on a number line oriented from left to right).

  • M.6.10.b6

    Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts (e.g., write –3o C > –7o C to express the fact that –3o C is warmer than –7o C).

  • M.6.10.c6

    Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation (e.g., for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars).

  • M.6.10.d6

    Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order (e.g., recognize that an account balance less than –30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars).

  • M.6.116

    Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.

  • M.6.126

    Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.

  • M.6.13.a6

    Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers (e.g., express the calculation, "Subtract y from 5" as 5 – y).

  • M.6.13.b6

    Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity (e.g., describe the expression 2 (8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms).

  • M.6.13.c6

    Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order: Order of Operations (e.g., use the formulas V = s³ and A = 6 s² to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = ½).

  • M.6.146

    Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions (e.g., apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y).

  • M.6.156

    Identify when two expressions are equivalent; i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them (e.g., the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for).

  • M.6.166

    Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.

  • M.6.176

    Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number or depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.

  • M.6.18.a6

    Equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.

  • M.6.18.b6

    Inequalities of the form x + p > q, x + p < q, px > q, and px < q for cases in which p, q, and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.

  • M.6.196

    Write and identify an inequality of the form x > c, x < c, x ≥ c, or x ≤ c, to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c, x < c, x ≥ c, or x ≤ c, have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.

  • M.6.206

    Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation (e.g., in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times; write the equation d = 65t to represent the relationship between distance and time).

  • M.6.216

    Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

  • M.6.226

    Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = lwh and V = Bh to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

  • M.6.236

    Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

  • M.6.246

    Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

  • M.6.256

    Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers (e.g., "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but "How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students' ages).

  • M.6.266

    Through informal observation, understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center (mean/median), spread (range), and overall shape.

  • M.6.276

    Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number.

  • M.6.286

    Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

  • M.6.29.a6

    Reporting the number of observations.

  • M.6.29.b6

    Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.

  • M.6.29.c6

    Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.

  • M.6.29.d6

    Relating the choice of measures of center to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.

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