Mathematical Habits of Mind

What is a habit?

List Good/Bad Habits

Habit

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8 Mathematical Practices

1. Make Sense of Problems and Perservere in Solving Them

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Example

• The length of the roof is 10 feet wide, and 8 feet tall.
• What is the length of the longest side?

Example #2

• A building is 20 feet high. A ladder is 5 feet from the building.
• What is the length of the ladder?

2. I Attend to Precision

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Example

• 555 - 331 = 
• 75 x 40 =
• Draw a 90 angle =

Example #2

• Draw a 45 degree angle.
• Draw a 180 degree angle.
• Draw a 65 degree angle.
• Draw and identify your own angle. Attend to precision.

3. I Model With Mathematics

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• Verbally state one of the Habits of Mind
• Give me an example
• Chrome books tomorrow

4. I Reason Abstractly

Example

• I represent my mathematically thinking symbolically

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5. I Look for & Make Use of Structure

Example

• Multiplication Table
• Square Roots

6. I Use Appropriate Tools Strategically

Example

• Square root of 56789
• 9456 x 786
• Measuring inches or feet

7. I Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

Example

• The square root of 25 = 4.5

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