Content Standard Mathematics Standard D (Measurement)

Mathematics, Standard D. MEASUREMENT

Content Standard:

Students in Wisconsin will select and use appropriate tools (including technology) and techniques to measure things to a specified degree of accuracy. They will use measurements in problem-solving situations.

Rationale

Measurement is the foundation upon which much technological, scientific, economic, and social inquiry rests. Before things can be analyzed and subjected to scientific investigation or mathematical modeling*, they must first be quantified by appropriate measurement principles. Measurable attributes* include such diverse concepts as voting preferences, consumer price indices, speed and acceleration, length, monetary value, duration of an Olympic race, or probability of contracting a fatal disease.

*See Glossary.

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Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:43:06 PM