The Real Number System: Math Unit 2, Grade 8 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

The Real Number System is Unit 2 of Pre-Algebra: Foundations for Algebra I (Grade 8), the Letters & Devotion Math course, complete in one printable PDF: 9 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 50 pages.

• Perfect squares up to 225 and their square roots
• Square root and cube root notation applied to perfect squares/cubes
• The irrationality of square roots of non-perfect squares
• The rational/irrational classification of numbers presented in varied forms
• Tenths-level estimation of irrational square roots using bounding perfect squares
• Justified placement of irrational numbers on a number line
• Ordering of mixed rational and irrational numbers
• The rational/irrational status of a genuinely novel numeric claim
• The limits of a finite decimal display as evidence of rationality

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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