Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Standards and Problems Chart -- Part 1: Making Math Starters Part of Your Program -- The Value of Math Starters -- Starting Class with a Math Starter -- Purpose and Value of a Math-Starter Notebook -- The Value of Written Explanations -- Cooperative Problem Solving Using Math Starters -- Organizing Groups for Problem Solving -- The Value of Sharing and Discussion -- Using Problem-Solving Strategies -- Evaluation -- Checklists -- Point Systems -- Quizzes That Include Math Starters -- Review of Math-Starter Notebooks -- Student Participation -- Portfolios -- A Final Word -- Part 2: Math Starters -- Section 1: Whole Numbers and Integers: Theory and Operations -- 1-1 Natural Numbers * -- 1-2 Natural Numbers ** -- 1-3 Whole Numbers * -- 1-4 Whole Numbers * G -- 1-5 Place Value with Whole Numbers * -- 1-6 Place Value with Whole Numbers ** -- 1-7 Numerical Operations * -- 1-8 Numerical Operations * G -- 1-9 Adding Whole Numbers * -- 1-10 Subtracting Whole Numbers * -- 1-11 Subtracting Whole Numbers ** -- 1-12 Multiplying Whole Numbers * -- 1-13 Multiplying Whole Numbers ** -- 1-14 Dividing Whole Numbers * (6.NS.2) -- 1-15 Dividing Whole Numbers * (6.NS.2) -- 1-16 Dividing Whole Numbers ** (6.NS.2) -- 1-17 Whole Numbers-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 1-18 Whole Numbers-Multistep Problem ** G (7.EE.3) -- 1-19 Estimation with Compatible Numbers * (7.EE.3) -- 1-20 Rounding Whole Numbers * -- 1-21 Divisibility by 2, 4, and 8 * -- 1-22 Divisibility by 3, 6, 9, and 12 * -- 1-23 Divisibility by 5 and 10 * -- 1-24 Factors * -- 1-25 Factors ** -- 1-26 Greatest Common Factor * (6.NS.4) -- 1-27 Greatest Common Factor ** (6.NS.4) -- 1-28 Multiples * -- 1-29 Multiples ** -- 1-30 Least Common Multiple * (6.NS.4).

1-31 Least Common Multiple ** (6.NS.4) -- 1-32 Multiples and the Distributive Property ** (6.NS.4) -- 1-33 Prime Numbers * -- 1-34 Prime Numbers * -- 1-35 Composite Numbers * -- 1-36 Prime and Composite Numbers ** -- 1-37 Perfect Squares * -- 1-38 Perfect Squares and Prime Numbers ** -- 1-39 Order of Operations * -- 1-40 Order of Operations ** G -- 1-41 Powers of Numbers * (6.EE.1) -- 1-42 Simplifying Expressions with Exponents * (6.EE.1) -- 1-43 Simplifying Expressions with Exponents ** (6.EE.1) -- 1-44 Simplifying Expressions with Exponents ** (6.EE.1) -- 1-45 Writing Numerical Expressions ** -- 1-46 Identifying Parts of a Numerical Expression ** -- 1-47 Integers * (6.NS.5) -- 1-48 Integers ** (6.NS.5) -- 1-49 Opposites * (6.NS.5) -- 1-50 The Number Line * (6.NS.6) -- 1-51 The Number Line ** (6.NS.6) -- 1-52 Absolute Value * (6.NS.7) -- 1-53 Absolute Value ** G (6.NS.7) -- 1-54 Comparing Integers * -- 1-55 Inequality Symbols * -- 1-56 Ordering Integers on a Number Line * (6.NS.7) -- 1-57 Understanding Statements of Order ** (6.NS.7) -- 1-58 The Coordinate Plane ** (6.NS.6) -- 1-59 Graphing Points in the Coordinate Plane * (6.NS.6) -- 1-60 Solving Problems by Graphing Points in the Coordinate Plane ** (6.NS.8) -- 1-61 Adding Integers * (7.NS.1) -- 1-62 Adding Integers ** (7.NS.1) -- 1-63 Subtracting Integers * (7.NS.1) -- 1-64 Subtracting Integers ** (7.NS.1) -- 1-65 Adding and Subtracting Integers ** (7.NS.1) -- 1-66 Representing Addition and Subtraction on a Number Line ** (7.NS.1) -- 1-67 Multiplying Two Integers * (7.NS.2) -- 1-68 Multiplying More Than Two Integers ** (7.NS.2) -- 1-69 Multiplying More Than Two Integers ** (7.NS.2) -- 1-70 Dividing Two Integers * (7.NS.2) -- 1-71 Dividing Two Integers ** (7.NS.2) -- 1-72 Multiplying and Dividing Integers ** (7.NS.2).

1-73 Four Operations with Integers ** (7.NS.3) -- 1-74 Four Operations with Integers ** (7.NS.3) -- 1-75 Four Operations with Integers *** (7.NS.3) -- 1-76 Using Positive Exponents with Integers * -- 1-77 Using Scientific Notation to Express Large Numbers ** (8.EE.3) -- 1-78 Computing with Numbers Written in Scientific Notation ** (8.EE.3) -- 1-79 Changing Numbers in Scientific Notation to Standard Form ** (8.EE.4) -- 1-80 A Quotation Applicable to Mathematics * -- Section 2: Rational Numbers: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents -- 2-1 Equivalent Fractions * -- 2-2 Simplifying Fractions * -- 2-3 Simplifying Fractions ** -- 2-4 Writing Improper Fractions as Mixed Numbers * -- 2-5 Writing Mixed Numbers as Improper Fractions * -- 2-6 Comparing Fractions ** -- 2-7 Ordering Fractions ** -- 2-8 Adding Fractions * -- 2-9 Adding Fractions * -- 2-10 Adding Mixed Numbers * -- 2-11 Adding Mixed Numbers ** -- 2-12 Subtracting Fractions * -- 2-13 Subtracting Fractions ** -- 2-14 Subtracting Mixed Numbers * -- 2-15 Subtracting Mixed Numbers ** -- 2-16 Subtracting Mixed Numbers ** -- 2-17 Multiplying Fractions * -- 2-18 Multiplying Fractions ** -- 2-19 Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers * -- 2-20 Multiplying Mixed Numbers * -- 2-21 Estimating and Multiplying Mixed Numbers ** -- 2-22 Dividing Fractions * (6.NS.1) -- 2-23 Dividing Fractions * (6.NS.1) -- 2-24 Dividing Fractions ** G (6.NS.1) -- 2-25 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers * (6.NS.1) -- 2-26 Dividing Mixed Numbers * (6.NS.1) -- 2-27 Dividing Mixed Numbers ** (6.NS.1) -- 2-28 Fractions-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-29 Fractions-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-30 Decimals * -- 2-31 Ordering Decimals * -- 2-32 Ordering Decimals * -- 2-33 Place Value with Decimals ** -- 2-34 Writing Fractions as Decimals * -- 2-35 Writing Decimals as Fractions *.

2-36 Writing Decimals as Fractions ** -- 2-37 Repeating Decimals * (7.NS.2) -- 2-38 Repeating Decimals ** (7.NS.2) -- 2-39 Comparing Fractions and Decimals ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-40 Estimating with Decimals * (7.EE.3) -- 2-41 Rounding Decimals * -- 2-42 Rounding Decimals and Unit Pricing * (6.RP.2) -- 2-43 Adding Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-44 Adding Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-45 Subtracting Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-46 Subtracting Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-47 Multiplying Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-48 Multiplying Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-49 Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number * (6.NS.3) -- 2-50 Dividing Decimals ** (6.NS.3) -- 2-51 Dividing Decimals ** (6.NS.3) -- 2-52 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (6.NS.3) -- 2-53 Decimals-Multistep Problem *** (6.RP.3) -- 2-54 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-55 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-56 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-57 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-58 Decimals-Multistep Problem ** (7.EE.3) -- 2-59 Order of Operations-Decimals * (6.NS.3) -- 2-60 Order of Operations-Decimals ** (6.NS.3) -- 2-61 Order of Operations-Decimals *** (6.NS.3) -- 2-62 Ratio * (6.RP.1) -- 2-63 Ratio ** (6.RP.1) -- 2-64 Ratio Reasoning ** (6.RP.3) -- 2-65 Proportional Relationships * (7.RP.2) -- 2-66 Proportional Relationships ** (7.RP.2) -- 2-67 Proportional Relationships and Scale *** (7.RP.1) -- 2-68 Ratio and Rate Reasoning ** (6.RP.3) -- 2-69 Equivalent Ratios and the Coordinate Plane * (6.RP.3) -- 2-70 Percents * -- 2-71 Percents ** -- 2-72 Equivalencies-Fractions, Decimals, and Percents * -- 2-73 Equivalencies-Fractions, Decimals, and Percents * -- 2-74 Equivalencies-Fractions, Decimals, and Percents ** -- 2-75 Equivalencies-Repeating Decimals *** (7.NS.2) -- 2-76 Finding the Percent of a Number * (6.RP.3).

2-77 Finding the Percent of a Number * (6.RP.3) -- 2-78 Finding the Percent of a Number ** (6.RP.3) -- 2-79 Finding the Percent of a Number ** (6.RP.3) -- 2-80 Using Proportional Relationships to Find the Percent of a Number * (7.RP.2) -- 2-81 Finding a Number When a Percent of It Is Known ** (6.RP.3) -- 2-82 Using Proportional Relationships to Find a Number When a Percent of It Is Known ** (7.RP.2) -- 2-83 Finding What Percent a Number Is of Another Number * -- 2-84 Using Proportional Relationships to Find What Percent a Number Is of Another Number ** (7.RP.2) -- 2-85 The Three Types of Percentage Problems ** -- 2-86 Percents and Sales Tax-Multistep Problem * (7.EE.2) -- 2-87 Percents and Discounts ** -- 2-88 Percents and Discounts-Multistep Problem ** (7.RP.3) -- 2-89 Percents and Sales Price-Multistep Problem ** (7.RP.3) -- 2-90 Percents and Tips-Multistep Problem *** (7.RP.3) -- 2-91 Percent of Increase ** (7.RP.3) -- 2-92 Percent of Decrease ** (7.RP.3) -- 2-93 Adding Positive and Negative Fractions ** (7.NS.1) -- 2-94 Adding Positive and Negative Fractions *** (7.NS.1) -- 2-95 Subtracting Positive and Negative Fractions ** (7.NS.1) -- 2-96 Subtracting Positive and Negative Fractions ** (7.NS.1) -- 2-97 Multiplying Positive and Negative Fractions * (7.NS.2) -- 2-98 Multiplying Positive and Negative Fractions ** G (7.NS.2) -- 2-99 Dividing Positive and Negative Fractions ** (7.NS.2) -- 2-100 Dividing Positive and Negative Fractions ** G (7.NS.2) -- 2-101 Four Operations with Positive and Negative Fractions *** (7.NS.3) -- 2-102 Simplifying Complex Fractions ** (7.NS.3) -- 2-103 Simplifying Complex Fractions *** (7.NS.3) -- 2-104 Adding Positive and Negative Decimals * (7.NS.1) -- 2-105 Subtracting Positive and Negative Decimals * (7.NS.1).

2-106 Multiplying Positive and Negative Decimals * (7.NS.2).