Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.1B Grade 6 CPI 5

 

Standard: 4.1 - Number and Numerical Operations

 

Strand: B - Numerical Operations

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 5 - The student will find squares and cubes of whole numbers & check the reasonableness of results of computations.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students explore the exponent key, and the square root key on their calculators. The groups are challenged to define the function of each key, to tell how each works, and to create a keypress sequence using these keys, the result of which they predict before they key it in.