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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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F-IF.6 M3-023-A03-V01

Find the average rate of change of a function on an interval by evaluating the endpoints

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

For a square-root function, check that both interval endpoints are in the domain before evaluating them exactly. Average rate is the difference of those two square-root outputs divided by the …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A04-V01

Find the average rate of change of a function on a closed interval

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Exponential growth is uneven, but average rate over a closed interval still depends only on its two endpoints. Evaluate each exponential output, form matching output and input differences, and keep …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A05-V01

Estimate the average rate of change from two endpoints on a graph

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Treat the two plotted endpoints as a secant-slope problem. Read each coordinate with the graph scale, keep second-minus-first order for both vertical and horizontal changes, and divide rise by run. …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A06-V01

Find the average rate of change from table values on a given interval

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

The interval tells you which two table rows matter. Pull only those endpoint pairs, form the output difference over the matching input difference, and ignore intermediate rows when computing the …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A07-V01

Interpret average rate with units and total change

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

A signed average rate carries layered units: the output quantity here is already dollars per item, and that change is measured per added item. Use the sign for direction and …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A08-V01

Compare two average rates from complete calculation rows

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Build one complete secant row for each interval before comparing anything: endpoint values, input width, output change, and quotient. Normalizing by each interval's own width makes the rates comparable even …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A09-V01

Rank all candidate intervals by average rate

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Rank signed rates on a number line, not by absolute value. Record every candidate first, order the numerical values from least to greatest, and carry the labels with them. The …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A10-V01

Compute and interpret average rate from a secant

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

The average rate and the secant line are two views of the same slope. Compute rise over run from the two plotted points using consistent subtraction, then pair that slope …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A11-V01

Test whole-interval average-rate meaningfulness

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Endpoint arithmetic is not enough when a function has a domain break inside the interval. Find every excluded input and test whether the entire closed interval lies in the domain …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A12-V01

Find a missing endpoint value from an average rate of change

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Work backward from the definition rather than treating the rate as the total change. Put the unknown endpoint output into the difference quotient, multiply the rate by the full input …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A01-V01

Graph a transformed square root from exact anchor rows

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Start from the square-root parent's endpoint and perfect-square anchors, then apply the same horizontal and vertical translation to every point. The radicand boundary fixes the transformed endpoint and domain, while …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A02-V01

Graph a transformed cube root from exact anchor rows

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Cube roots differ from square roots because negative radicands are allowed, so preserve anchor points on both sides of the center. Read the transformation parameters, map symmetric perfect-cube inputs through …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A03-V01

Graph an absolute-value function from vertex and arm fields

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Treat the absolute-value equation as vertex form first: the horizontal and vertical shifts locate the corner before any other points are plotted. Then use the coefficient’s sign to set the …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A06-V01

Write exact domain and range sets from graph features

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

For a square-root graph, the endpoint controls both interval descriptions. Project that solid endpoint to each axis to read the included lower boundary, then follow the curve’s arrow to determine …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A07-V01

Write an equation for a transformed square-root or cube-root graph from key features

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Use the square-root endpoint to fix the horizontal and vertical shifts immediately. Substituting the other marked point then leaves only the vertical scale factor to determine, with a particularly simple …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A08-V01

Write an equation for a transformed absolute-value graph from its vertex and one other feature

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Build the absolute-value rule from its geometric parts. The vertex supplies the two shifts, the upward opening fixes the coefficient’s sign, and the rise for a one-unit run gives its …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A09-V01

Evaluate a piecewise-defined function at its boundary value

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

At a piecewise boundary, evaluate the conditions before evaluating either formula. The rule whose inequality includes equality owns the boundary input; the other rule only describes nearby values from its …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A11-V01

Identify key graph features from a square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, or piecewise function rule

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Recognize the square-root family by its single endpoint and one-sided continuation. Algebraically, set the radicand to zero to locate that endpoint, then require the radicand to stay nonnegative to describe …

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F-IF.7.b M3-024-A14-V01

Identify continuity or discontinuity at a point from graph features

Graph square-root, cube-root, absolute-value, step, and piecewise-defined functions.

Continuity at the junction requires three quantities to agree: the value approached from the left, the value approached from the right, and the function’s actual value there. Read each one …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A01-V01

Inventory polynomial graph features from factored form

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Read a factored polynomial as a map of its graph. Each factor gives a zero, and the exponent’s parity tells whether the curve crosses or merely touches the axis there; …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A02-V01

List real zeros and integer multiplicities from factors

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Separate the number of distinct zeros from the number counted with multiplicity. The bases of the linear factors locate the distinct real zeros, while their exponents contribute to the multiplicity …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A03-V01

Determine the end behavior of a polynomial from its leading term

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

For end behavior, ignore the lower-degree terms and focus on the leading term. Degree parity tells whether the two tails point in the same or opposite directions, while the leading …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A04-V01

Predict local zero behavior from multiplicity

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Translate each factor exponent into three local questions: is the multiplicity odd or even, does the graph cross or turn, and is the multiplicity large enough to create noticeable flattening? …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A05-V01

Find the y-intercept of a polynomial from its equation

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

A y-intercept is an output question, not a zero question: every point on the vertical axis has input zero. Substitute zero into the entire polynomial, preserve the signs in every …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A06-V01

Build the least-degree polynomial through a point

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Start with one linear factor for each simple zero and an unknown scale multiplier out front. That factor skeleton has the least possible degree; substituting the given point determines the …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A07-V01

Match a factored polynomial to its x-intercepts, multiplicities, and end behavior

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Read the factored form in layers. The factor bases locate the intercepts, their exponents determine crossing or touching, and the combined degree with the leading sign determines the two tails. …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A08-V01

Build the least-degree polynomial from graph behaviors

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Convert each graph behavior into the smallest multiplicity that produces it; a crossing needs an odd multiplicity, so least degree begins with simple factors. Attach an unknown overall scale and …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A09-V01

Estimate and classify polynomial turning points

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Trace the curve from left to right and count only places where its direction actually reverses. Increasing to decreasing identifies a local maximum, while decreasing to increasing identifies a local …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A10-V01

Use a known zero to completely factor and verify a polynomial

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Turn the known zero into its corresponding linear factor, then divide that factor out of the polynomial. A zero remainder confirms the first step, but the job is not finished …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A11-V01

Build a complete polynomial sign chart

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Order every real zero on a number line, then use those boundaries to create open test intervals. One representative input determines the product sign throughout each interval, while the zeros …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A12-V01

Find the real x-intercepts of a polynomial from its factors

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Apply the zero-product rule by setting each factor equal to zero and solving it independently. Then separate real solutions from nonreal ones: only a real zero can produce a point …

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F-IF.7.c M3-025-A13-V01

Interpret polynomial zeros, sign intervals, and extrema in context

Graph polynomial functions using zeros, factorizations, and end behavior.

Translate every coordinate by naming the input quantity and unit first, then the output quantity and unit. Zeros describe situations where the modeled output is zero, while a global maximum …

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F-IF.7.e M3-026-A01-V01

Graph exponential growth from complete feature fields

Graph exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions with key features.

Organize the exponential analysis around the standard transformed form. The base determines growth or decay, the outside coefficient sets the vertical scale and orientation, and the outside shift locates the …

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F-IF.7.e M3-026-A02-V01

Analyze exponential factor, reflection, and graph behavior

Graph exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions with key features.

Separate the exponential base from the outside coefficient before describing the graph. A base between zero and one determines decay, while the coefficient’s sign determines reflection and which side of …

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F-IF.7.e M3-026-A03-V01

Graph a logarithm from domain, intercepts, and base anchors

Graph exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions with key features.

Begin with the logarithm’s argument restriction, because its boundary gives the vertical asymptote and determines whether a y-intercept can exist. Find the x-intercept by setting the output to zero. For …

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F-IF.7.e M3-026-A04-V01

Graph one sine cycle from quarter-period anchors

Graph exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions with key features.

Read the sine transformation by assigning each parameter one job: amplitude controls vertical distance from the midline, the inside coefficient controls period, and the shifts locate the cycle. Divide the …

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