STAAR Standards Snapshot Algebra I

(New TEKS 2015-16)

MathematicalProcessStandards
A.1(A)

A.1(B)

A.1(C)

A.1(D)

apply
mathematics
toproblems
arisingin
everydaylife,
society,and
theworkplace

useaproblemsolvingmodel
thatincorporatesanalyzing
giveninformation,formulatinga
planorstrategy,determininga
solution,justifyingthesolution,
andevaluatingtheproblem
solvingprocessandthe
reasonablenessofthesolution

selecttools,includingreal
objects,manipulatives,paperand
pencil,andtechnologyas
appropriate,andtechniques,
includingmentalmath,
estimation,andnumbersenseas
appropriate,tosolveproblems

communicatemathematical
ideas,reasoning,andtheir
implicationsusingmultiple
representations,including
symbols,diagrams,graphs,
andlanguageasappropriate

A.1(E)
createanduse
representations
toorganize,
record,and
communicate
mathematical
ideas

A.1(F)

A.1(G)

analyze
mathematical
relationships
toconnectand
communicate
mathematical
ideas

display,explain,and
justifymathematical
ideasandarguments
usingprecise
mathematical
languageinwritten
ororal
communication

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ReadinessStandards

STAAR

1
NumberandAlgebraicMethods

A.10(E)

A.11(B)

SupportingStandards

factor,ifpossible,trinomialswithrealfactors
intheformax2+bx+c,includingperfect
squaretrinomialsofdegreetwo
simplifynumericandalgebraicexpressions
usingthelawsofexponents,including
integralandrationalexponents

A.10(A)
A.10(B)
A.10(C)

A.10(D)
A.10(F)
A.11(A)
A.12(A)

11

A.12(B)
A.12(C)
A.12(D)

2
DescribingandGraphingLinearFunctions,
Equations,andInequalities

A.12(E)
A.3(B)

A.3(C)

12

A.3(D)

A.3(A)

A.3(E)
A.3(F)
A.3(G)
A.3(H)

A.4(A)
A.4(B)
A.4(C)

A.2(A)

3
WritingandSolvingLinearFunctions,
Equations,andInequalities

calculatetherateofchangeofalinear
functionrepresentedtabularly,graphically,
oralgebraicallyincontextofmathematical
andrealworldproblems
graphlinearfunctionsonthecoordinate
planeandidentifykeyfeatures,including
xintercept,yintercept,zeros,andslope,in
mathematicalandrealworldproblems
graphthesolutionsetoflinearinequalitiesin
twovariablesonthecoordinateplane

A.2(C)

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A.2(I)

A.5(A)

A.5(C)

determinethedomainandrangeofalinear
functioninmathematicalproblems;
determinereasonabledomainandrange
valuesforrealworldsituations,both
continuousanddiscrete;andrepresent
domainandrangeusinginequalities
writelinearequationsintwovariablesgiven
atableofvalues,agraph,andaverbal
description
writesystemsoftwolinearequationsgivena
tableofvalues,agraph,andaverbal
description
solvelinearequationsinonevariable,
includingthoseforwhichtheapplicationof
thedistributivepropertyisnecessaryandfor
whichvariablesareincludedonbothsides
solvesystemsoftwolinearequationswith
twovariablesformathematicalandreal
worldproblems

A.2(B)
A.2(D)
A.2(E)
A.2(F)
A.2(G)
A.2(H)
A.5(B)

addandsubtractpolynomialsofdegreeoneanddegreetwo
multiplypolynomialsofdegreeoneanddegreetwo
determinethequotientofapolynomialofdegreeoneandpolynomialofdegreetwo
whendividedbyapolynomialofdegreeoneandpolynomialofdegreetwowhenthe
degreeofthedivisordoesnotexceedthedegreeofthedividend
rewritepolynomialexpressionsofdegreeoneanddegreetwoinequivalentformsusing
thedistributiveproperty
decideifabinomialcanbewrittenasthedifferenceoftwosquaresand,ifpossible,use
thestructureofadifferenceoftwosquarestorewritethebinomial
simplifynumericalradicalexpressionsinvolvingsquareroots
decidewhetherrelationsrepresentedverbally,tabularly,graphically,andsymbolically
defineafunction
evaluatefunctions,expressedinfunctionnotation,givenoneormoreelementsintheir
domains
identifytermsofarithmeticandgeometricsequenceswhenthesequencesaregivenin
functionformusingrecursiveprocesses

writeaformulaforthenth termofarithmeticandgeometricsequences,giventhevalue
ofseveraloftheirterms
solvemathematicandscientificformulas,andotherliteralequations,foraspecified
variable
determinetheslopeofalinegivenatableofvalues,agraph,twopointsontheline,and
anequationwritteninvariousforms,includingy=mx+b,Ax+By=C,and
yy1=m(xx1)
determinetheeffectsonthegraphoftheparentfunctionf(x)=xwhenf(x)isreplacedby
af(x),f(x)+d,f(xc),f(bx)forspecificvaluesofa,b,c,andd
graphsystemsoftwolinearequationsintwovariablesonthecoordinateplaneand
determinethesolutionsiftheyexist
estimategraphicallythesolutionstosystemsoftwolinearequationswithtwovariables
inrealworldproblems
graphthesolutionsetofsystemsoftwolinearinequalitiesintwovariablesonthe
coordinateplane
calculate,usingtechnology,thecorrelationcoefficientbetweentwoquantitative
variablesandinterpretthisquantityasameasureofthestrengthofthelinearassociation
compareandcontrastassociationandcausationinrealworldproblems
write,withandwithouttechnology,linearfunctionsthatprovideareasonablefittodata
toestimatesolutionsandmakepredictionsforrealworldproblems

writelinearequationsintwovariablesinvariousforms,includingy=mx+b,Ax+By=C,
andyy1=m(xx1),givenonepointandtheslopeandgiventwopoints
writeandsolveequationsinvolvingdirectvariation
writetheequationofalinethatcontainsagivenpointandisparalleltoagivenline
writetheequationofalinethatcontainsagivenpointandisperpendiculartoagiven
line
writeanequationofalinethatisparallelorperpendiculartothexoryaxisand
determinewhethertheslopeofthelineiszeroorundefined
writelinearinequalitiesintwovariablesgivenatableofvalues,agraph,andaverbal
description
solvelinearinequalitiesinonevariable,includingthoseforwhichtheapplicationofthe
distributivepropertyisnecessaryandforwhichvariablesareincludedonbothsides

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STAAR Standards Snapshot Algebra I

(New TEKS 2015-16)

MathematicalProcessStandards
A.1(A)

A.1(B)

A.1(C)

A.1(D)

apply
mathematics
toproblems
arisingin
everydaylife,
society,and
theworkplace

useaproblemsolvingmodel
thatincorporatesanalyzing
giveninformation,formulatinga
planorstrategy,determininga
solution,justifyingthesolution,
andevaluatingtheproblem
solvingprocessandthe
reasonablenessofthesolution

selecttools,includingreal
objects,manipulatives,paperand
pencil,andtechnologyas
appropriate,andtechniques,
includingmentalmath,
estimation,andnumbersenseas
appropriate,tosolveproblems

communicatemathematical
ideas,reasoning,andtheir
implicationsusingmultiple
representations,including
symbols,diagrams,graphs,
andlanguageasappropriate

A.1(E)
createanduse
representations
toorganize,
record,and
communicate
mathematical
ideas

A.1(F)

A.1(G)

analyze
mathematical
relationships
toconnectand
communicate
mathematical
ideas

display,explain,and
justifymathematical
ideasandarguments
usingprecise
mathematical
languageinwritten
ororal
communication

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ReadinessStandards

STAAR

5
ExponentialFunctionsand
Equations

4
QuadraticFunctionsandEquations

A.6(A)

#Items

A.7(A)

11

A.7(C)

A.8(A)

A.9(C)

54

A.9(D)

(5Griddable)

SupportingStandards

determinethedomainandrangeof
quadraticfunctionsandrepresentthe
domainandrangeusinginequalities
graphquadraticfunctionsonthecoordinate
planeandusethegraphtoidentifykey
attributes,ifpossible,includingxintercept,
yintercept,zeros,maximumvalue,minimum
values,vertex,andtheequationoftheaxis
ofsymmetry
determinetheeffectsonthegraphofthe
parentfunctionf(x)=x2whenf(x)isreplaced
byaf(x),f(x)+d,f(xc),f(bx)forspecific
valuesofa,b,c,andd
solvequadraticequationshavingreal
solutionsbyfactoring,takingsquareroots,
completingthesquare,andapplyingthe
quadraticformula

A.6(B)

writeexponentialfunctionsintheform
f(x)=abx(wherebisarationalnumber)to
describeproblemsarisingfrommathematical
andrealworldsituations,includinggrowth
anddecay
graphexponentialfunctionsthatmodel
growthanddecayandidentifykeyfeatures,
includingyinterceptandasymptote,in
mathematicalandrealworldproblems

A.9(A)

A.6(C)
A.7(B)
A.8(B)

A.9(B)

A.9(E)

writeequationsofquadraticfunctionsgiventhevertexandanotherpointonthegraph,
writetheequationinvertexform(f(x)=a(xh)2+k),andrewritetheequationfrom
vertexformtostandardform(f(x)=ax2+bx+c)
writequadraticfunctionswhengivenrealsolutionsandgraphsoftheirrelatedequations
describetherelationshipbetweenthelinearfactorsofquadraticexpressionsandthe
zerosoftheirassociatedquadraticfunctions
write,usingtechnology,quadraticfunctionsthatprovideareasonablefittodatato
estimatesolutionsandmakepredictionsforrealworldproblems

determinethedomainandrangeofexponentialfunctionsoftheformf(x)=abxand
representthedomainandrangeusinginequalities
interpretthemeaningofthevaluesofaandbinexponentialfunctionsoftheform
f(x)=abxinrealworldproblems
write,usingtechnology,exponentialfunctionsthatprovideareasonablefittodataand
makepredictionsforrealworldproblems

3235questionsfromReadinessStandards

1922questionsfromSupportingStandards

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