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
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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