Welcome to Math!

Mrs. Carter has been working at Natomas Charter School since the 2009-2010 school year. She loves math and also enjoys singing, playing the piano, reading, and playing with her two daughters.

Pre Algebra A is the first half of a two-year program designed to prepare students for Algebra by strengthening their underlying skills in the basic areas of mathematics. By the end of grade seven, students will be introduced to manipulating numbers and equations and understand the general principles at work. Students begin to understand and use factoring of numerators and denominators and properties of exponents. They are introduced to the Pythagorean theorem and solve problems in which they compute the length of an unknown side. Students begin to compute the surface area and volume of basic three- dimensional objects and understand how area and volume change with a change in scale. Students make conversions between different units of measurement. They know and use different representations of fractional numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents) and are learning to change from one to another. They increase their facility with ratio and proportion, and compute percents of increase and decrease. They graph linear functions and begin to understand the idea of slope and its relation to ratio. (from California State Content Standards: Mathematics grade 7).

Pre Algebra is a course designed to prepare students for Algebra by strengthening their underlying skills in the basic areas of mathematics. By the end of grade seven, students will be introduced to manipulating numbers and equations and understand the general principles at work. Students begin to understand and use factoring of numerators and denominators and properties of exponents. They are introduced to the Pythagorean theorem and solve problems in which they compute the length of an unknown side. Students begin to compute the surface area and volume of basic three-dimensional objects and understand how area and volume change with a change in scale. Students make conversions between different units of measurement. They know and use different representations of fractional numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents) and are learning to change from one to another. They increase their facility with ratio and proportion, and compute percents of increase and decrease. They graph linear functions and begin to understand the idea of slope and its relation to ratio. (from California State Content Standards: Mathematics grade 7).

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By the end of grade six, students have mastered the four arithmetic operations with whole numbers, positive fractions, positive decimals, and positive and negative integers; they accurately compute and solve problems. They apply their knowledge to statistics and probability. Students understand the concepts of mean, median, and mode of data sets and how to calculate the range. They analyze data and sampling processes for possible bias and misleading conclusions; they use addition and multiplication of fractions routinely to calculate the probabilities for compound events. Students conceptually understand and work with ratios and proportions; they compute percentages (e.g., tax, tips, interest). Students know about π and the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle. They use letters for numbers in formulas involving geometric shapes and in ratios to represent an unknown part of an expression. They solve one-step linear equations. (California State Content Standards: Mathematics grade 6).

Math Concepts is a course designed to provide students with strategies and skills to help bring them up to grade- level in their mathematics understanding. We will cover a variety of review topics to help students become more confident in mathematics understanding and computation. We will also focus on study skills and strategies to help students better prepare for their grade-level math course.

Natomas Charter School
Alicia Carter