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: Elementary

Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Operations

3. Students use mathematical operations and relationships among them to understand
mathematics.

Students:

     add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers.
     develop strategies for selecting the appropriate computational and operational method in
     problem solving situations.
     know single digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.
     understand the commutative and associative properties.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     use the fact that multiplication is commutative (e.g., 2 x 7 = 7 x 2), to assist them with their
     memorizing of the basic facts.
     solve multiple-step problems that require at least two different operations.
     progress from base ten blocks to concrete models and then to paper and pencil
     algorithms.