La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXIX-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXXIX-703 - Benchmark 1-Number Sense

A. Adult learners develop and apply number sense to solve a variety of real-life problems and to determine if the results are reasonable.

1. Read, write, and orally express whole numbers as numerals and number words between 0 and 1,000,000.

2. Read, write, and locate whole numbers and fractions on a number line between 0 and 1,000.

3. Round whole numbers to a given place.

4. Round decimals to tenths, hundredths, and thousandths place.

5. Read, write, and orally express a decimal as a part of a whole, expressed in tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.

6. Read, write and express a fraction as the relationship between the part (numerator) and the whole (denominator).

7. Read, write and express numbers in their equivalent fractional, decimal, and percent form (e.g., 1/2=3/6=2/4, and 0.5=50 percent).

8. Read, write, and order integers.

9. Match whole numbers and fractions (e.g., 1/2, 1/3, 1/4) to pictorial representations and identify these as commonly used fractions.

10. Identify coins and currency and recognize money (e.g., $ and ¢) symbols.

11. Identify and construct equal relationships of coins and currency (e.g., a quarter equals 2 dimes and 1 nickel).

12. Make change using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and bills up to $100.

13. Add, subtract, multiply and divide by one, two, three, and four digit numbers.

14. Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, decimals, and percents.

15. Use computation and estimation to solve problems involving integers, exponents, and square roots.

16. Use estimation to check the reasonableness of results in word problems with calculator situation.

17. Solve multi-step word problems using whole numbers.

18. Solve word problems involving whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents.

19. Represent numbers in various ways:

a. prime factors;

b. square roots;

c. exponents;

d. absolute value; and

e. scientific notation.

20. Use estimation to check the reasonableness of results using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents in solving problems.

21. Solve and simplify expressions using order of operations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXIX-703

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:2039 (November 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).