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Junior High School Grades 7, 8, 9 Math

Grade	General Outcome	Galileo Math Problem
7	Demonstrate a number sense for decimals and integers, including whole numbers.	Egyptian Fractions Lothar’s Number River Hello Alien Famine

8	Demonstrate a number sense for rational numbers, including common fractions, integers and whole numbers.	Egyptian Fractions Lothars Number River Hello Alien Famine

9	Explain and illustrate the structure and the interrelationship of the sets of numbers within the rational number system.	Egyptian Fractions Lothar’s Number River Hello Alien Famine Factorial Abacus

Grade	General Outcome	Galileo Math Problem
7	Apply arithmetic operations on decimals and integers, and illustrate their use in solving problems.	Egyptian Fractions Lothar’s Number River Hello Alien Famine
	To Illustrate the use of rates, ratios, percentages and decimals in solving problems.	Egyptian Fractions Hello Alien Famine

8	Apply arithmetic operations on rational numbers to solve problems.	Egyptian Fractions Lothar’s Number River Hello Alien Famine
	Apply the concepts of rate, ratio, percentage and proportion to solve problems in meaningful contexts.	Egyptian Fractions Hello Alien Famine

9	Explain and illustrate the structure and the interrelationship of the sets of numbers within the rational number system.	Egyptian Fractions Lothar’s Number River Hello Alien Famine Factorial Abacus

Grade	General Outcome	Galileo Math Problem
7	Express patterns, including those used in business and industry, in terms of variables, and use expressions containing variables to make predictions.	Easter Island Lothar’s Number River India 500 Famine
	Use variables and equations to express, summarize and apply relationships as problem-solving tools in a restricted range of contexts.	Easter Island XYZ Tree Lothar’s Number River Famine

8	Use patterns, variables and expressions, together with their graphs, to solve problems.	Easter Island Lothar’s Number River Famine
	Solve and verify one-step and two-step linear equations with rational number solutions.	Easter Island XYZ Tree Lothar’s Number River India 500 Famine

9	Use trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving a right triangle.	Modular Houses
	Describe the effects of dimension changes in related 2-D shapes and 3-D objects in solving problems involving area, perimeter, surface area and volume.	House of Gloom Training Trains An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life
	Specify conditions under which triangles may be similar or congruent, and use these conditions to solve problems.	Modular Houses
	Use spatial problem solving in building, describing and analyzing geometric shapes.	House of Gloom Training Trains Modular Houses
	Apply coordinate geometry and pattern recognition to predict the effects of translations, rotations, reflections and dilatations on 1-D lines and 2-D shapes.	Training Trains An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life Modular Houses

Shape and Space

Grade	General Outcome	Galileo Math Problem
7	Solve problems involving the properties of circles and their connections with angles and time zones.	House of Gloom Training Trains
	Link angle measures to the properties of parallel lines.	Queens of Vanity House of Gloom An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life Modular Houses
	Create and analyze patterns and designs, using congruence, symmetry, translation, rotation and reflection.	Queens of Vanity House of Gloom An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life Modular Houses

8	Apply indirect measurement procedures to solve problems	Queens of Vanity House of Gloom Training Trains
	Generalize measurement patterns and procedures, and solve problems involving area, perimeter, surface area and volume.	Training Trains Modular Houses
	Link angle measures and the properties of parallel lines to the classification and properties of quadrilaterals.	Queens of Vanity House of Gloom Training Trains An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life Modular Houses
	Create and analyze design problems and architectural patterns, using the properties of scaling, proportion and networks.	Queens of Vanity House of Gloom Modular Houses

9	Use trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving a right triangle.	Modular Houses
	Describe the effects of dimension changes in related 2-D shapes and 3-D objects in solving problems involving area, perimeter, surface area and volume.	House of Gloom Training Trains An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life
	Specify conditions under which triangles may be similar or congruent, and use these conditions to solve problems.	Modular Houses
	Use spatial problem solving in building, describing and analyzing geometric shapes.	House of Gloom Training Trains Modular Houses
	Apply coordinate geometry and pattern recognition to predict the effects of translations, rotations, reflections and dilatations on 1-D lines and 2-D shapes.	Training Trains An Amoeba’s Meaning of Life Modular Houses

Statistics and Probability

Grade	General Outcome	Galileo Math Problem
7	Develop and implement a plan for the collection, display and analysis of data, using measures of variability and central tendency.	India 500 Famine
	Create and solve problems, using probability.	Bone Crack Divination Liar’s Dice India 500 Hello Alien Famine

8	Develop and implement a plan for the collection, display and analysis of data, using technology, as required.	Hello Alien Famine
	Evaluate and use measures of central tendency and variability.	Bone Crack Divination Liar’s Dice India 500 Hello Alien
	Compare theoretical and experimental probability of independent events.	Bone Crack Divination Liar’s Dice India 500 Hello Alien

9	Collect and analyze experimental results expressed in two variables, using technology, as required.	Famine
	Explain the use of probability and statistics in the solution of complex problems.	Bone Crack Divination Liar’s Dice India 500 Hello Alien