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Hooked

by MathBait®

Welcome to Numberville

Honors Prealgebra

Mastering math begins with getting to know numbers. It turns out, numbers are just like us! They have DNA, friends, wear costumes, and absolutely love a good game of hide and seek. Join us as we master Prealgebra through fun and games.

Marco the Great and the History of Numberville

What's Included?

  • Weekly small-group instruction with an expert instructor

  • Access to our Online Portal, The Kryptografima

    • Weekly text-based missions​

    • Games and practice activities

    • Knowledge Checks

    • Unit Challenges (quizzes) 

  • Online forum for additional support​

  • Certificate of Completion 

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Course Details

Time Commitment

Our courses include 90 minutes of live in-class time per week, as well as access to our online platform. Students should plan to spend 1–3 hours of time outside class completing missions, playing the course games, and completing the challenges. 

Delivery

We utilize videoconferencing software for live classes. Course preparation and challenges can be found in our online learning management system. 

Homework and Testing

Students complete online text-based missions which may include reading, images and infographics, interactive explorations, videos, and/or digital games to prepare for the live course. After the live course, students will complete challenges akin to a quiz to demonstrate their understanding. We do not administer a formal end-of-class test but rather measure student achievement through a mastery-based amalgamation of their work. 

Schedule

This course is offered in the following format(s). Please note, shorter schedules indicate an accelerated pacing.

    16 Weeks
    8 Weeks

Books

Marco the Great and the History of Numberville

Required

Course Description

In our Honors Prealgebra course, we'll begin by building a familiarity with numbers. Using DNA, students will explore how numbers have "traits" which determine who they are, their characteristics, and how to use this information to our advantage. 


Next, we explore how to decode expressions and translate from English to Numberspeak by mastering how to express any situation as an equation as we move from elementary to algebraic notation.  


Our third unit bridges science as we explore how electrons, protons, and neutrons are a natural model for Integers. Rather than memorize tricks such as "two negatives make a positive", we'll develop a true understanding of what is happening in expressions such as 3-(-2) and (-2)(-3). 


After developing an affinity for numbers, we'll move on to uncovering hidden values. Numbers are excellent at hide-and-seek, and we'll use the Great Scale to see how clever balancing acts will reveal what is unknown. Further, students will extend their understanding to Rationalites, becoming masters of the vinculum and ratios. 


The final unit builds on what we have learned to help students excel at solving complex equations involving multiple terms, absolute value, and expanding our understanding to inequalities. Students will be introduced to interval notation, systems of multiple equations, and linear equations of all forms.


Upon completion, students will have an excellent grasp of numbers, equations, and operations ready to tackle algebra and beyond! 

Course Schedule

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