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| | |  |  1 Reviews | | Manufacturer: Riverdeep | | Destination Math consists of a number of courses designed to address basic skills and concepts for students in grades Pre-K through grade 8. It also includes two algebra courses. For the campuses for which they are appropriate, the Spanish versions of Course I and II are available. Courses I and II address mathematics concepts at grades Pre-K through grade three. Destination Math is designed to supplement and augment classroom instruction. Teachers use it to enhance their presentations of new concepts as a part of direct instruction. Students use it for guided and independent practice to review and reinforce conceptual knowledge. | | URL: http://www.riverdeep.com | | (review this product) | | |
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| | | | | Example of Use | |  Reviewed by: Teri Rubens on 6/16/2009 |  |  Tech level: high - Usage: more than 1 year | | | | Pros: Destination Math addresses the following areas in mathematics: Course I: Mastering Skills and Concepts (Pre-K through 1st grade)(also in Spanish) -Counting from 1 to 100 -Addition and Subtraction to 20 -Identifying shapes -Patterns -Graphing Data -Using ordinal numbers -Comparing and ordering (more than, less than, etc.) -Clock and calendar time -Money -Length and weight Course II: Mastering Skills and Concepts (Grades 2-3)(also in Spanish) -Counting in 100s up to 1,000 -Counting in 1,000s up to 10,000 -Fractions and numbers -Addition and subtraction -Multiplication and division -Patterns -Place value -Comparing and ordering -Rounding numbers -Algebraic thinking -Place and solid figures -Congruence and symmetry -Measuring time, money, and temperature Course III: Mastering Skills and Concepts: Intermediate Mathematics (Grades 4-6) -Large and small numbers, numbers as factors -Addition and subtraction od whole numbers, integers, multiplication and division of whole numbers -Proper and improper fractions, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions -Introduction to decimals, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals -Measurement, coordinate geometry, and algebra -Data analysis and probability; modeling and displaying events
Course IV: Mastering Skills and Concepts: Basic Mathematics (Grades 6-8) -Essentials of fractions, equivalent fractions, multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting fractions -Essentials of decimals, adding and subtracting decimals, multiplying and dividing decimals -Essentials of percents, finding percents of quantities, increasing and decreasing percents -Integers and order of operations; adding and subtracting signed numbers, multiplying and dividing signed numbers, order of operations Course V: Mastering Skills and Concepts: Pre-Algebra (Grades 6-8) -Algebra fundamentals, evaluating algebraic expression, simple equations, variable on both sides of the equation, solving literal equations -Geometry fundamentals, triangles, volume and surface area -Introduction of radicals and the Pythagorean Theorem, scientific notation, -Ratio and proportion, direct versus inverse variation, similar polygons -Interpreting and cinstruction graphs, mean, median, mode, frequency distribution, and histograms -Simple probability, probability of combined events Course VI: Mastering Algebra I (Grades 7-12) -Variables, expressions, and equations -Linear equations in one variable -Linear functions and equations -The rectangle coordinate plane -Introduction to functions -Graphic solutions of linear systems -Algebraic solutions of linear systems -Inequalities in one variable -Inequalities in two variables Course VII: Mastering Algebra 2 (grades 7-12) -Rational and irrational numbers -Powers and polynomials -Polynomial arithmetic -Factoring polynomials -Graphing quadratic functions and equations -Solving quadratic equations using algebra -Radical equations and functions -Rational functions and equations -Describing data -Statistical displays
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