Grade Level/ Course: 8th Grade
Standard
with code:
Domain:
8.EE.3 Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or
very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example, estimate the
population of the United States as 3 × 108 and the population of the world as 7 × 109, and determine that the
world population is more than 20 times larger.
Expressions and Equations
Cluster:
Work with radicals and integer exponents.
Type: ______Knowledge
___ X ___Reasoning
Knowledge Targets
Express numbers as a single digit
times an integer power of 10.
______Performance Skill
Reasoning Targets
Compare quantities to express how much larger one is
compared to the other.
______Product
Performance Skills Targets
Product Targets
Use scientific notation to estimate
very large and/or very small
quantities.
Make sense of
problems and
persevere in
solving them.
Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
Construct viable
arguments and
critique the
reasoning of
others.
Model with
mathematics.
Use appropriate
tools strategically.
Attend to
precision.
Look for and make
use of structure.
Look for and
express regularity
in repeated
reasoning.
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