Academic Standard: Domain

The Number System

Initiative:

Tennessee State Standards

Framework:

Mathematics

Type:

Domain

Code:

TSS.Math.8.NS

Grade range:

This is the culminating area for the number system from 6 th and 7th grade. Students now know there are numbers that are not rational, called irrational numbers. Students approximate irrational numbers by rational numbers locating them on a number line and students estimate the value of irrational expressions.

Elements within this Domain

Cluster

8.NS.A

Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

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