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Math III

Go further with polynomial and rational expressions, advanced functions, trigonometry, geometric modeling, and statistical inference.

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A04-V01

Complete squares and extract hyperbola orientation

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Preserve the subtraction on an entire variable group while completing both squares; distributing that outer negative is the delicate step. After simplifying, scale the equation to a positive one on …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A05-V01

Complete a parabola and recover focus/directrix data

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Complete the single squared-variable expression to expose vertex form, then rearrange into the canonical parabola form containing four times the signed focal distance. The squared variable tells the axis orientation, …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A06-V01

Read a circle's center, radius, and extents

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Match the equation directly to circle standard form before computing anything. Read the center with signs opposite the binomials, take the nonnegative square root of the right side for the …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A07-V01

Read every key feature of a standard ellipse

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Read an ellipse outward from its center. The larger denominator gives the squared major semiaxis and its direction, while the smaller gives the squared minor semiaxis; use their difference to …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A08-V01

Read hyperbola center, vertices, and both asymptotes

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

For a hyperbola, the positive squared term identifies the transverse axis, so it also controls the opening and vertex direction. Take square roots of the denominators to build the centered …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A09-V01

Read complete parabola features from standard or vertex form

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

First identify which variable is squared; that tells whether the parabola's axis is vertical or horizontal. Match the other-side coefficient to four times the signed focal distance, whose sign gives …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A10-V01

Classify a conic and fill only its defined measurements

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Classify the conic from the signs and relative coefficients of its squared terms before naming any measurements. Then use only the parameter vocabulary that belongs to that conic: a center …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A11-V01

Decide whether a conic equation is normal, degenerate, or has no real graph by inspecting squared terms and signs

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

The visible conic pattern is only the first check; the required squared measurements must also be possible over the reals. Use the fact that every real square is nonnegative, combine …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A12-V01

Identify the graph features of a conic from its standard-form equation

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Identify the conic by matching its squared-term pattern to a standard form, then read its features from that same template. Shift coordinates appear with opposite signs inside their binomials, while …

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G-GPE.3.1 M3-038-A13-V01

Write a standard-form conic equation from graph features

Complete the square for general quadratic conic equations; identify and graph circles, ellipses, parabolas, or hyperbolas.

Translate the graph features into the circle template one role at a time. Put each center coordinate into a shifted binomial, remembering that the written sign is opposite the coordinate, …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A01-V01

Choose the best single solid model for a real-world object from sphere, cylinder, cone, prism, or pyramid

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Model the object's whole three-dimensional envelope, not decorative details such as seams or texture. Compare its width, height, and depth, then ask whether the surface stays rounded in every direction …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A02-V01

Choose a composite solid under a stated fidelity criterion

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Split the external envelope where its surface type changes, and model each region with the simplest familiar solid that preserves its shape. The pieces must meet along the same circular …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A03-V01

Choose the measurements needed for the volume or surface area of a sphere, cylinder, cone, prism, or pyramid

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Let the formula determine which measurements matter before reading labels from the diagram. Cylinder volume is circular base area times perpendicular height, so the base measurement must supply a radius, …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A04-V01

Compute exact and two-decimal modeled area

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Translate the real object into its planar model, then use the area formula that matches that shape. Multiplying two perpendicular lengths also multiplies their units, so the result must be …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A05-V01

Compute exact and two-decimal modeled volume

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Think of cylinder volume as circular base area extended through the perpendicular height. That viewpoint explains why the radius is squared before multiplying by height and why three length factors …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A06-V01

Inventory surfaces and compute exact/two-decimal area

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Inventory the exposed exterior before doing any arithmetic. A closed cylinder contributes each circular end once, while its curved side unrolls to a rectangle whose width is the base circumference …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A07-V01

Judge a geometric model under a stated purpose and tolerance

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

A model is reasonable only relative to a stated purpose and tolerance. Compare the object's dominant geometry with the candidate model, focusing on features that materially affect the requested measurements, …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A08-V01

Find the real measurement from a scale drawing or model

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Treat the scale as a conversion factor rather than as two numbers to combine arbitrarily. Orient the factor so the drawing unit cancels and the real-world unit remains, then multiply …

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G-MG.1 M3-039-A10-V01

Interpret geometric measure with a closed context frame

Use geometric shapes, measurements, and properties to describe real-world objects.

Let the unit reveal the geometric dimension before interpreting the number. Linear units describe distance, square units describe planar or surface extent, and cubic units describe three-dimensional space. Then return …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A01-V01

Find density by dividing a quantity by area

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Density turns a total quantity spread over a region into an average for one unit of area. Put the counted quantity in the numerator and the area in the denominator, …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A02-V01

Find mass density by dividing mass by volume

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Mass density asks how much mass belongs to one unit of three-dimensional space. Place mass over volume, confirm that both measurements already use compatible units, and divide their numerical values. …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A03-V01

Find an areal density or coverage rate from a total quantity and area

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Use the requested units to orient the coverage ratio before calculating. An area-per-container rate places covered area in the numerator and the amount of material in the denominator, so division …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A04-V01

Find the volumetric density of a composite solid by dividing mass by total volume

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

A composite object's density uses the mass and volume of the whole object, not either component in isolation. First combine all nonoverlapping component volumes in compatible cubic units, then divide …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A05-V01

Find the total quantity when density and area are given

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

A density is a unit rate, so recover a total by accumulating that rate across the entire area. Multiply quantity per square unit by the number of square units and …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A06-V01

Find total mass or amount from density and volume

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Interpret density as the mass assigned to each unit of volume. To recover total mass, multiply that per-volume rate by the object's volume, using compatible cubic units. The volume units …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A07-V01

Find the area or volume represented by a quantity and a density

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

When the total quantity and its per-area density are known, solve the density relationship for the missing area. Divide the total by the rate, treating the compound unit as a …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A08-V01

Find or compare density by dividing a quantity by area

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Raw totals cannot establish which object is denser because each mass is spread through a different volume. Normalize both objects by computing mass per unit volume with the same compound …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A09-V01

Convert density units for area- or volume-based rates

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Convert a compound density rate by handling its numerator and denominator separately. Apply the ordinary mass conversion upstairs, but cube the linear length conversion downstairs because volume contains three length …

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G-MG.2 M3-040-A10-V01

Apply a per-unit rate to a typed resource or load decision

Apply density concepts based on area and volume in modeling situations.

Use units to form the raw requirement: divide the total area by coverage per container so only containers remain. Then apply the context, not ordinary rounding; whole-container purchases with complete …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A01-V01

Model and maximize fixed-fencing rectangle area

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Turn the fixed perimeter into a relation between the two side lengths, counting both copies of each side. Solve that constraint for one dimension and substitute into length times width …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A02-V01

Build and optimize a one-variable volume model

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Translate the cut-and-fold geometry before optimizing: the cut size becomes the height, while each base dimension loses that amount at both ends. Multiply height by the resulting base area to …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A03-V01

Write and evaluate a total-cost model from geometric measurements and unit prices

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Price each material separately using the rate that matches its measurement type. Area must pair with cost per square unit, while length must pair with cost per linear unit; in …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A04-V01

Separate length, area, and volume scale factors

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

A single scale factor acts once for each independent dimension. Keep the scaled-to-original direction fixed: linear measures use the factor itself, areas use its square, and volumes use its cube. …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A05-V01

Check fixed-orientation fit and count aligned copies

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Respect the stated orientation by pairing each container dimension with its corresponding item dimension. Along each axis, keep only whole copies using floor division and record any leftover length; a …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A06-V01

Decide whether a design is feasible under area, volume, or cost constraints

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Translate each verbal limit into its own inequality before combining conclusions. A minimum requirement is checked with a greater-than-or-equal comparison, while a maximum allowance uses less-than-or-equal; the difference from each …

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G-MG.3 M3-041-A08-V01

Find total mass or load from a density or capacity rate and an area or volume

Use geometric methods to solve design problems under constraints such as cost, space, or ratios.

Treat density as an amount assigned to each unit of volume. Multiply the per-volume rate by the filled volume, using compatible units, so the cubic units cancel and leave the …

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