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Math Foundations

Strengthen number sense, fractions, ratios, expressions, equations, geometry, and data—the bridge from middle-school math to high-school success.

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MF.PR.8 MF-022-A13-V01

Choose a smart percent strategy

Use proportional reasoning to solve percent problems without relying on memorized templates alone.

The benchmark turns an awkward-looking decimal percent into a friendly fraction. Since twelve and a half percent is one eighth, the requested part of the jacket price can be found …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A01-V01

Compare two signed numbers

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Because both values are negative, comparing only the digits would reverse the correct reasoning. Picture their locations relative to zero: the negative value closer to zero lies farther right and …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A02-V01

Order several signed numbers

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Least to greatest means reading a number line from left to right. Group the values first: negatives lie left of zero, zero separates the signs, and positives lie to the …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A03-V01

Locate a signed number on a number line

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Read the tick spacing before matching a point label. Each interval represents one unit, and a negative target lies to the left of zero, so count the required number of …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A04-V01

Find a missing value from a number line

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Point P is described by its relationship to two known endpoints, so treat it as a midpoint problem. Find the total distance from negative six to zero, take half of …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A05-V01

Order signed values in context

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Translate the context first: coldest to warmest means least to greatest temperature. Order the signed temperatures on a number line, remembering that the more negative temperature lies farther left and …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A06-V01

Place a contextual signed value on a number line

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Use sea level as zero, then separate the location into direction and distance. The word “below” determines the negative side of the scale, while one hundred twenty meters supplies the …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A07-V01

Reason about signed values and zero in context

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Closest to zero asks about distance, not about which signed balance is greatest or smallest. Take the absolute value of each account balance while keeping its account name attached, then …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A09-V01

Judge a signed rational placement on a number line

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Judge the claim by testing the defining feature of halfway, rather than by appearance alone. Average the two negative endpoints, then verify that the proposed value lies between them and …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A10-V01

Show signed-number order in a new representation

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Build the inequality chain by reading a number line from left to right. Place the two negatives first, remembering that the one with greater magnitude sits farther left, then place …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A11-V01

Translate a number line into symbolic order

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Separate the two tasks: first read the numerical tick beneath each labeled point, then order those values. On a horizontal number line, positions increase automatically from left to right, so …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A12-V01

Screen a mixed set by signed-order conditions

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

Treat negative one point five as a strict boundary: only values to its right qualify, and the boundary itself does not. Test every card independently, converting the fraction when that …

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MF.SN.1 MF-023-A13-V01

Choose a smart strategy for signed rational order

Compare, order, and locate signed integers and rational numbers on a number line.

A reliable comparison begins by expressing both rational numbers in the same form. Convert the fraction to a decimal while preserving its negative sign, then compare the two locations relative …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A01-V01

Add signed numbers

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

The addends point in opposite directions, so equal positive and negative units cancel rather than accumulate. Compare their absolute values, subtract the smaller magnitude from the larger, and give the …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A02-V01

Subtract signed numbers

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Make the subtraction easier to interpret by rewriting it as addition of the opposite. The opposite of a negative number is positive, so the two signs affect both the operation …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A03-V01

Rewrite subtraction as adding the opposite

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Keep the first number, change subtraction to addition, and replace the number being subtracted with its opposite. That produces two negative addends, so their magnitudes combine and the common negative …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A04-V01

Find a missing signed value in an equation

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Solve by undoing the negative seven that is added to x. Add its opposite to both sides so the opposite pair cancels on the variable side while equality stays balanced. …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A05-V01

Model signed changes in context

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Keep the two roles separate: negative three is the starting temperature, while a rise of eight is a positive change. Add the signed change to the signed start, and picture …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A07-V01

Compare contextual signed-operation results

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Treat the accounts as two separate signed-addition problems before comparing anything. For each one, combine the starting balance with its signed change, using cancellation or a move through zero to …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A10-V01

Translate number-line movement into signed operations

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Keep the starting location separate from the direction of movement. Begin at negative four, and translate seven units to the right as adding a positive change, regardless of the start’s …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A11-V01

Translate signed context words into symbols

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Use sea level as zero and assign signs to the two pieces independently. Starting below sea level makes the initial elevation negative, while rising makes the change positive. Add that …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A12-V01

Recognize equivalent signed-operation forms

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

First rewrite subtracting negative five as adding its opposite, and record the operation’s starting value, signed change, and endpoint. Test every candidate against all three features, because sharing one number …

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MF.SN.2 MF-024-A13-V01

Choose a smart strategy for signed operations

Add and subtract signed numbers and explain the meaning of the sign changes.

Rewrite the subtraction before comparing magnitudes or deciding a direction. Subtracting a negative means adding its positive opposite, which turns the expression into a familiar opposite-sign sum. From the negative …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A01-V01

Multiply signed numbers

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Handle sign and magnitude as two separate decisions. The factors have different signs, so the product must be negative; then multiply their absolute values to determine its size. Repeated addition …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A02-V01

Divide signed numbers

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Determine the quotient’s sign before doing the arithmetic. A negative dividend and positive divisor have different signs, so the result is negative; divide the absolute values to find its magnitude. …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A03-V01

Use sign patterns in multiplication and division

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Start with the sign pattern: the two factors carry the same negative sign, so their product is positive. Then ignore the signs briefly and multiply the absolute values to obtain …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A04-V01

Find a missing signed factor or quotient

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Undo the multiplication by dividing both sides by the signed coefficient of x. The two quantities in that quotient are both negative, so the missing factor is positive; divide their …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A05-V01

Model repeated signed change with multiplication

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Translate one day’s drop as a negative change, while the number of days is the positive repetition count. Multiplication represents applying that same signed change five times, so determine the …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A06-V01

Interpret signed division in context

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Represent the amount being shared as negative because it is debt, while the number of friends is a positive group count. Divide the signed total by that count to find …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A10-V01

Read sign patterns from structured examples

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

The absolute values of the factors stay three and four in every row, so the product’s magnitude never changes. Track only how the sign pattern changes: one negative factor produces …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A11-V01

Translate signed rate or repeated change into symbols

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Translate the descent as a negative change per minute, and treat five minutes as the positive repetition count. Multiplying those quantities models five identical changes rather than one addition involving …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A12-V01

Recognize equivalent signed multiplication and division models

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

Translate the target into its precise multiplication meaning: three groups of negative four. For every representation, identify the operation, number of groups, and signed amount per group before calculating anything. …

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MF.SN.3 MF-025-A13-V01

Choose a smart strategy for signed multiplication and division

Multiply and divide signed numbers and interpret sign patterns correctly.

A sign-first strategy keeps the two decisions from getting tangled. Because the dividend and divisor have matching negative signs, the quotient is positive; then divide their absolute values to obtain …

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MF.SN.4 MF-026-A01-V01

Evaluate an absolute value

Interpret absolute value as distance and use it to compare quantities and errors.

Absolute value asks for distance from zero, not the signed direction of the original number. Picture negative seven on the number line and count the units between it and zero. …

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MF.SN.4 MF-026-A02-V01

Compare absolute values

Interpret absolute value as distance and use it to compare quantities and errors.

Compare the numbers by distance rather than ordinary signed order. Evaluate each absolute value to measure how many units the original number lies from zero, then compare those two nonnegative …

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MF.SN.4 MF-026-A03-V01

Find distance between two signed numbers

Interpret absolute value as distance and use it to compare quantities and errors.

Distance between two signed locations is the absolute value of their difference. Subtract one endpoint from the other, remembering that subtracting a negative becomes addition, and then take the absolute …

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