Mathematical process standards

6.1(D)

Showing Your Math Many Ways

Communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate.

Part of The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding

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One Idea, Many Ways

By the end of this lesson, you will explain one math idea in several different ways: with symbols, a diagram, a graph, and words. Mathematicians rarely show just an answer. They use multiple representations, meaning different ways of showing the same idea, so others can follow their reasoning.