Essentials: Number Sense

Introduction

Explore the world of numbers and everything you can do with them! Embark on this journey where we will build small projects through factors, absolute value, integers, rational number comparisons, division strategies, and mastering the order of operations. With this newfound power, you will start your journey of math creations. Plan trips, Pizza recipes, stories, comics, videogames, and much more!

Essential Questions

• What are the different types of numbers (Intergers/rational) and what do they look like?

• What is the order of operations and why is it important?

• How can division, factors, and absolute values be useful in real life?

Learning Objectives

• Identify an integer and a rational number

• Do basic arithmetic operations following the order of operations

• Apply absolute value to both positive and negative numbers

• Identify and use factors when dividing