Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Three Levels

Standard 3: Commencement

Measurement

5. Students use measurement in both metric and English measure to provide a major link between
the abstractions of mathematics and the real world in order to describe and compare objects and
data.

Students:

     derive and apply formulas to find measures such as length, area, volume, weight, time, and
     angle in real-world contexts.
     choose the appropriate tools for measurement.
     use dimensional analysis techniques.
     use statistical methods including measures of central tendency to describe and compare
     data.
     use trigonometry as a method to measure indirectly.
     apply proportions to scale drawings, computer-assisted design blueprints, and direct
     variation in order to compute indirect measurements.
     relate absolute value, distance between two points, and the slope of a line to the
     coordinate plane.
     understand error in measurement and its consequence on subsequent calculations.
     use geometric relationships in relevant measurement problems involving geometric
     concepts.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     change mph to ft/sec.
     use the tangent ratio to determine the height of a tree.
     determine the distance between two points in the coordinate plane.