MathResources Inc. - Interactive Math Software
What is ISM?
Interactive School Mathematics (ISM for short) is an interactive, online middle school math curriculum.
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ISM Course 1 TOC
The lessons in ISM’s three courses
offer complete coverage of the material typically found in middle school math programs, including algebra.
ISM’s curriculum ranges from basic decimals and percents to quadratic equations and polynomials, therefore it can also be used by some students in upper elementary and high school math programs.
ISM Course 1 - TOC
Course 1
Data and Graphs
- Collecting Data
- Displaying Data: Line Graphs
- Displaying Data: Bar Graphs
- Displaying Data: Circle Graphs
- Displaying Data: Stem and Leaf Graphs
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Reading Graphs
- Scaling Graphs
- Graphs and Decision Making
Whole Numbers
- Ordering and Comparing Place Value
- Rounding Numbers
- Adding Whole Numbers
- Subtracting Whole Numbers
- Multiplying Whole Numbers
- Dividing Whole Numbers
- Exponents and Exponential Notation
- Factors and Multiples
- Prime and Composite Numbers
- Operations with Whole Numbers
- Number Theory
Algebraic Thinking
- Describing Relations
- Understanding Variables
- Understanding Equations: Part 1
- Understanding Equations: Part 2
- Connecting Tables of Values
- Writing Expressions: Part 1
- Writing Expressions: Part 2
- Applying Inverse Operations
- Writing Equations
- Solving Equations with Addition
- Solving Equations with Subtraction
- Solving Equations with Multiplication
- Solving Equations with Division
- Developing Functions
- Connecting Functions, Tables and Graphs: Part 1
- Connecting Functions, Tables and Graphs: Part 2
- Interpreting Graphs: Part 1
- Interpreting Graphs: Part 2
- Representing Inequalities
Fractions
- The Meaning of Fractions
- Equivalent Fractions
- Comparing and Ordering Fractions
- Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
- Adding and Subtracting Fractions: Common Denominators
- Adding and Subtracting Fractions: Different Denominators
- Adding and Subtracting Fractions: LCM and LCD
- Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions
- Multiplying Fractions by Fractions
- Multiplying Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
- Dividing Fractions
- Understanding Fractions and Percents
Decimals
- The Meaning of Decimals
- Ordering and Comparing Decimals
- Rounding Decimals
- Exploring Scientific Notation
- Adding Decimals
- Subtracting Decimals
- Multiplying Decimals
- Dividing Decimals
Ratio, Proportion and Percent
- The Meaning of Ratio
- Comparing Ratios
- Equivalent Ratios
- Understanding Proportion
- Proportion and Converting Measures
- Proportion and Map Reading
- Proportion and Similarity
- Proportion and Making Enlargements
Integers
- Everyday Numbers
- Understanding Integers
- Adding Integers
- Subtracting Integers
- Multiplying Integers
- Dividing Integers
- Integers and the Coordinate Plane
Probability
- Making Decisions: Fair or Unfair
- Understanding Probability
- Probability of Simple Events
- Recognizing Probability
- Creating Sample Space
- Experimental and Theoretical Probability
- Making Predictions
- Representing Probability: Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Geometry
- Figuring Out Figures
- Similarity and Congruence
- Quadrilaterals
- More Quadrilaterals
- Triangles
- Other Polygons
- Investigating Diagonals
- Line Symmetry
- 3-D Geometry
- Cubes and Prisms
- Edges, Faces and Vertices
- Circles
- Introduction to Transformations
Measurement
- The Meaning of Perimeter
- Perimeter Using Metric and Customary Units
- Finding Perimeter of Common Polygons
- Circumference