Math Portfolio Unit1 Data:
UNIT 1: The Real Number System including Square and Cube Roots
*Insert a picture of each students’s real number project into their ibook *
VOCABULARY: Include name of term, glossary definition, explanation of term in
your own words, and an example of the term.
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Square root
Cube root
Perfect square
Rational numbers
Irrational numbers
Integers
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. Describe what is meant by a perfect square? Give an example of a perfect
square.
2. Are all integers rational numbers?
3. Explain whether whole numbers are irrational numbers?
4. What is the difference between an irrational number and a rational number?
Give examples to help explain your responses.
UNIT PROCEDURES: (See procedure template for layout)
1. Paige had $25 to spend at an amusement park.
a. She spent 25% of her money on games
b. She spent ½ of her money on food
c. She spent $6.00 on a stuffed animal
d. How much money did Paige have left?
2. Alexandra practiced the flute for ¾ of an hour on Monday, 1/2 of an hour on
Tuesday, 1 hour on Wednesday, 1/4 of an hour on Thursday, and 1/3 of an
hour on Friday. How many total hours did Alexandra practice this week?
3. Suzanne had lunch with three of her friends. The cost of the lunch was
$32.80, and the girls left a 15%tip. They split the cost of the lunch and tip
equally. How much did each person pay?
SUMMARY DETAILS:
 Summarize what you have learned about the real number system
 Write approximately a three-paragraph summary
 Be sure to use your project as a means of explaining the real number system,
including rational, irrational, integer, whole and natural numbers
 Explain why non-perfect squares are irrational