"Mathematics is a tool" - This phrase describes mathematics and its ___________.

• Characteristic

• Nature

• Role

• Principle

Which of the following statements about Mathematics doesn't belong to the group?

• Mathematics is a study of patterns and relationships

• Mathematics is facilitating participation in productive life skills

• Mathematics is a way of making sense of the world

• Mathematics is a mean of communication

Which of the Principles of Mathematics Instruction best describes the situation:

"Students need a learning environment that is safe, clean and allows plenty of movement and exploration."

• The physical and social dimensions of a mathematical environment contribute to one’s success in learning mathematics

• Mathematics is best learned when students are actively engaged

• A deep understanding of mathematics requires a variety of tools for learning

• Students’ attitudes and beliefs about mathematics affect their learning

Which of the Principles of Mathematics Instruction best describes the situation:

"An ideal mathematical environment is one that is well equipped with tools for learning mathematics."

• The physical and social dimensions of a mathematical environment contribute to one’s success in learning mathematics

• A deep understanding of mathematics requires a variety of tools for learning

• Being mathematically competent means more than having the ability to compute and perform algorithms and mathematical procedures

• All the mentioned principles

This refers to the learner's ability to do different things well/effectively.

This refers to the learners ability to state facts based on facts, can decide without being influenced by others.

This refers to the tendency to see sense in mathematics, to perceive it as both useful and worthwhile, to believe that steady effort in learning mathematics pays off, and to see oneself as an effective learner and doer of mathematics.

This strand provides learners opportunity to master competencies along measures and applications of length, mass, weight, capacity, time, money, temperature, angles, perimeter, area, surface area, and volume.

This focuses on the two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures (parallel and perpendicular lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, and solid figures like cube and prism).

This strand include the following topics: concepts, operations and applications of numbers; whole numbers, number theory, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, percent and integers.

• Numbers and Number Sense

• Measurement

• Geometry

• Patterns and Algebra

• Statistics and Probability