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: Intermediate

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.

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:

     estimate, make, and use measurements in real-world situations.
     select appropriate standard and nonstandard measurement units and tools to measure to a
     desired degree of accuracy.
     develop measurement skills and informally derive and apply formulas in direct
     measurement activities.
     use statistical methods and measures of central tendencies to display, describe, and
     compare data.
     explore and produce graphic representations of data using calculators/computers.
     develop critical judgment for the reasonableness of measurement.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     use box plots or stem and leaf graphs to display a set of test scores.
     estimate and measure the surface areas of a set of gift boxes in order to determine how
     much wrapping paper will be required.
     explain when to use mean, median, or mode for a group of data.