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Math I

Build connected understanding across quantities, equations, functions, coordinate geometry, congruence, and data.

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A01-V01

Write and solve a one-variable equation for equal groups

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

The unknown is one notebook’s cost, and the four identical costs combine to make the total. We’ll represent one cost with n, multiply by the number of notebooks, and set …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A02-V01

Fixed amount plus repeated amount equals total

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

This situation has two different kinds of cost: one fixed fee and one charge that repeats for every hour. We’ll write the repeating part as the hourly rate times h, …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A03-V01

Use parentheses for repeated groups

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

The key is that each pack is a complete group containing both the regular and bonus pencils. We’ll put that whole per-pack amount in parentheses, multiply it by the number …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A04-V01

Write and solve a one-variable inequality from a limit

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

This is a limit problem, so the wording determines the inequality direction before any algebra begins. The total cost is the price per notebook times the whole-number count, and “at …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A05-V01

Write a compound inequality for values between two bounds

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

The temperature has to satisfy a lower bound and an upper bound at the same time. We’ll translate “at least” and “at most” as inclusive inequalities, combine them around the …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A06-V01

Solve an absolute-value equation as distance from a target

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

Absolute value is useful here because it measures distance from a target. We’ll express the temperature’s distance from the target as an absolute-value equation, then split that equation into the …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A07-V01

Write and graph an absolute-value inequality from distance language

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

This is a tolerance problem: absolute value measures how far the part’s length is from its target. The word “within,” together with included boundary lengths, means the distance is no …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A09-V01

Write and solve a break-even equation with the variable on both sides

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

Each plan has a starting cost and a monthly cost, so we need one complete expression for each plan. Break-even occurs when those two totals are equal for the same …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A11-V01

Use a percent multiplier to find an original or final amount

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

A discount tells us what fraction of the original price remains, not the fraction removed. We’ll subtract the discount rate from one to get the remaining multiplier, multiply the unknown …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A12-V01

Write an equation for an average or mixture

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

An average links two totals: the sum of all scores and the number of scores. We’ll include the unknown score in the complete sum, divide that grouped sum by the …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A13-V01

Choose the correct equation branch before solving

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

This problem is decided in two stages: first determine which pricing condition the package satisfies, then use only that branch. We’ll compare the actual weight with the cutoff, keep the …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A14-V01

Translate a described layout into an equation

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

The diagram represents a perimeter, so every side of the rectangle contributes to one total. We’ll use the fact that twice the length plus twice the width equals the given …

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A-CED.A.1 M1-001-A15-V01

Convert units before solving a one-variable equation

Create and solve a one-variable linear equation from a short context.

Before the time amounts can be combined, they need to use the same unit. Using one hour equals sixty minutes, we’ll convert the hour portion to minutes, then write known …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A01-V01

Write a two-variable equation using a constant rate

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

This is a proportional relationship: every ticket contributes the same amount to the total, and there is no starting charge. We’ll treat the ticket count as the input and total …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A02-V01

Write a two-variable equation with a starting value and rate

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

The plant’s height is built from a starting amount plus steady growth over time. We’ll use weeks as the input, multiply by the growth per week, and then add the …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A03-V01

Write a linear equation from a table

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

A linear table is organized by its constant rate and its starting output. We’ll find the rate as the change in y divided by the change in x, then use …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A04-V01

Graph a context equation

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

A useful graph plan has to connect the equation’s variables to the context and to the fixed windows on both axes. We’ll place the input ticket count horizontally and the …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A06-V01

Write a two-variable constraint for one total

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

The total comes from two separate ticket categories, so each category needs its own cost contribution. We’ll multiply each ticket price by its matching count, keep those unlike contributions separate, …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A07-V01

Solve a two-variable equation for y before graphing

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

The goal is to make the equation graph-ready by isolating y without changing its solution set. We’ll remove the x-term from y’s side using the same operation on both sides, …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A08-V01

Interpret an ordered pair in context

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

Interpreting the point depends on reading coordinate order through the graph’s axis labels and units. In an ordered pair, the input comes first and output comes second, so we’ll match …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A09-V01

Define variables and write a formula with units

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

This task is really about building a formula whose units make sense. We’ll define density, mass, and volume with their units, use the word per to decide that the relationship …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A11-V01

Write a two-variable linear equation from graph features

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

The graph gives the two features needed for a linear equation. We’ll read the vertical-axis crossing as the starting value, use the change in y divided by the change in …

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A-CED.2 M1-002-A12-V01

State reasonable domain and range restrictions from context

Create equations in two or more variables, graph them, and label axes/scales appropriately.

The algebraic rule alone allows many inputs, but the context narrows them to realistic notebook counts. We’ll combine the nonnegative whole-number requirement with the budget ceiling to find the allowable …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A01-V01

Write a single inequality constraint for a budget, capacity, or time limit

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

This is a resource-limit model. We’ll write the amount spent as the price per shirt times the number of shirts, then compare that expression with the budget. The phrase “at …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A02-V01

Write a system of inequalities for multiple constraints

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

There are two independent limits here, so one inequality cannot capture the whole situation. We’ll build a dollar expression by pairing each price with its item count, write a separate …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A03-V01

Test whether a point is viable for a system of constraints

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

A point is viable for a system only if it passes every constraint, not just most of them. We’ll substitute the same two coordinates into each labeled inequality, evaluate every …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A04-V01

Graph a feasible region from inequalities

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

The feasible region is the overlap of all three half-planes. We’ll first turn each inequality into its boundary and decide whether that boundary is included, then use the nonnegative conditions …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A05-V01

List feasible whole-number solutions

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

The solution set is discrete because both variables must be nonnegative whole numbers. We’ll take each possible x-value in order, use the sum constraint to determine the allowed y-values for …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A06-V01

Interpret a boundary point in context

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

A boundary point tells us both what the coordinates mean and which resource limit is met exactly. We’ll match each coordinate to its item type, multiply each count by its …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A07-V01

Choose the best feasible option from candidate values

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

Because the candidates are already feasible, the remaining task is to apply the stated objective correctly. We’ll preserve each point’s pairing with its profit value, compare the objective values rather …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A08-V01

Identify a missing context constraint

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

The given inequality controls total spending, but it does not automatically make every algebraic value realistic. We’ll identify what the existing constraint already handles, then use the fact that the …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A09-V01

Translate a graph region description into inequalities

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

The region is determined by three boundaries that must be translated together. We’ll turn the first-quadrant description into restrictions on both coordinates, keep the descending line as the third boundary, …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A11-V01

Recognize when inequalities are incompatible

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

Feasibility requires at least one value that satisfies both bounds simultaneously. We’ll interpret one inequality as a lower ray and the other as an upper ray, then compare their endpoints …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A12-V01

Choose the better feasible plan using the stated goal

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

The decision has to follow the stated goal in its given order. We’ll keep each plan’s output and cost paired, compare the outputs first, and only use cost once we …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A13-V01

Write an inequality from a ratio requirement

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

This ratio describes capacity: each adult accounts for a fixed maximum group of students. We’ll multiply the per-adult capacity by the number of adults, then compare the actual student count …

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A-CED.3 M1-003-A14-V01

Identify a redundant constraint

Represent constraints with equations, inequalities, and systems; interpret viable and non-viable solutions in context.

A redundant constraint is one that adds no restriction beyond what another condition already guarantees. We’ll compare the two upper bounds to find the tighter one, test which implication works, …

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