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 Adaptations Across the Entire Text.

  • Added Louisiana State Standards.
  • Reordered modules of the original work.
  • Replaced module introductions with Classroom Vignettes.
  • H5P activities were inserted to reinforce concepts.
  • Edited all or added mathematical notations to have them appear in LaTeX.
  • Added dropdown solutions for students to practice concepts.
  • Consistent colored textboxes throughout.
  • Added or updated images.
  • Hypothetical scenarios have been added to the introduction of each module.
  • Edited and/or removed text throughout where applicable.
  • Added the following to each unit: Teaching Tips, Classroom Connections, and Concept Checks.

Adaptations by Module.

Pre-Unit Review

  • Added math content and examples based on MyOpenMath content.
  • Edited problem-solving section from Julie Harland’s Understanding Elementary Mathematics, a series of hands-on Workbook Modules.

Module 1: Set Theory

Module 1.1 The Basics of Sets

  • Consolidated exercises and renumbered.
  • Removed Exercise 31.

Module 1.2 Venn Diagrams

  • Consolidated exercises and renumbered.

Module 1.3 More About Sets

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Module 1.4 Survey Problems

  • Consolidated exercises and renumbered.

Module 2: Counting and Numerals

Module 2. 1 Numbers and Numerals

  • Added formal definitions for number, numeral, and one-to-one correspondence.
  • Removed exercises 6 and 7.
  • Consolidated some exercises and renumbered them.

Module 2.2 Numeration Systems

  • Removed exercises 7-10.
  • Consolidated some exercises and renumbered them.

Module 2.3 Trading and Place Value

  • Rewrote section from scratch and removed the original.

Module 2.4 Other Base Systems

  • Rewrote section from scratch and removed the original.

Module 3: Understanding Addition and Subtraction

***NEED TO GET FROM TARA***

Module 4: Understanding Multiplication

***NEED TO GET FROM TARA***

Module 5: Understanding Division

Module 5.1 The Meaning of Division

  • Added introduction.
  • Changed “interpretation” of division to “model” of division.
  • Reordered material.
  • Added transitional phrasing between topics and reworded things throughout.
  • Deleted original exercises 6,7, 18, 19, 20, and reorganized and renumbered remaining exercises.
  • Added example 1.
  • Expanded example 3 to include partition and repeated subtraction.
  • Altered exercise 21 (original 27) to include partition and repeated subtraction.

Module 5.2 Division Algorithms

  • Rewrote the entire section from scratch and removed the original section.

Module 5 Homework on Understanding Division

  • Added 5 additional exercises on long division.

Module 6: Binary Operations

Module 6.1 Operations and Properties

  • Changed some symbols for binary operation problems
  • Omitted exercise 1.
  • Added the closure property and an exercise
  • Added identity property, an example, and an exercise

Module 6 Homework on Binary Operations

  • Added exercise 4 to the homework.

Module 7: Number Theory

Divided Digital Roots and Divisibility into two separate sections.

Module 7.1 Digital Roots

  • Rewording and added a proof
  • Changed some exercises and examples to H5P

Module 7.2 Divisibility Tests

  • Removed the exercise of writing proofs for the divisibility properties.
  • Replaced exercises 14 and 15.
  • Removed exercises 16 and 17.
  • For divisibility tests: Used families of 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12.
  • Replaced the divisibility test for 15 with the test for 12, and replaced the examples and exercises accordingly.

Module 7.3 Primes and Greatest Common Factor

  • Removed part “b.” in exercise 1.
  • Rearranged the contents about the Prime Factor Test by adding Example 3.
  • For relative primes, gave more examples to replace the relative primes exercise.
  • Removed the part “using a calculator to find the remainder”
  • Removed the part “revisiting divisibility tests.”

Module 7.4 Least Common Multiples and Other Topics

  • Rewording and removed exercise 2.
  • Removed exercises 3 and 6.
  • Replaced “factor” with “prime factors.”
  • Removed the section after Exercise 21.
  • Problems for this part, HW #8, #9, #10, have been removed from the homework.

Module 8: Integers

  • New number line pictures.
  • New counter pictures.
  • Added section titles.
  • Consolidated several exercises.

Module 8.1 Addition and Subtraction

  • Omitted original exercise 24.
  • Added addition properties for integers.

Module 8.2 Multiplication and Division

  • Added multiplication properties for integers.
  • Added sign rules for multiplication and division.
  • Discuss division of integers.
  • Added examples and exercises for division with counters and number lines.

Module 9: Rational Numbers

Module 9.1 Concept of Fractions

  • Retitled the first section to “Concept of Fractions.”
  • Changed the wording of the solutions for the examples with C-strips.
  • Added paragraph and reflections for “Understanding Fractions using C-Strips.”
  • Added “Representations of fractions.”
  • Moved “Equivalent Fractions” and “The Fundamental Law of Fractions” content to this section.
  • Replaced some of the terminology.
  • Deleted the example that involved determining if the pair of fractions is equivalent by writing them as fractions with a common denominator.

Module 9.2 Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

  • Included more examples and exercises.
  • Added models using fraction tiles.
  • Added section on applications.

Module 9.3 Multiplication and Division of Fractions

  • Included more examples and exercises.
  • Added multiplication models for whole numbers.
  • Added multiplication model using rectangles.
  • Created entire portion on dividing fractions using visual models.
  • Edited and added applications.

Module 9.4 Decimals

  • Reworded the section
  • Removed the original exercises: 8 – 18, 21 – 24, 26 – 31
  • Trimmed down most of the repeating decimal exercises (see above)
  • Removed converting repeating decimals into fractions
  • Added addition of decimals section
  • Added subtraction of decimals section
  • Reworded and added more multiplication of decimals section
  • Added division of decimals section

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