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Welcome to CPM Educational Program,

an educational non-profit organization dedicated to improving grades 6-12 mathematics instruction. CPM offers professional development and curriculum materials. We invite you to learn more about the CPM mathematics program by clicking the "Learn about CPM" link at left. The other sections offer support materials for teachers, parents and students.
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CPM to offer Integrated I-III

CPM will develop an Integrated series based on the Appendix A pathway. Click here for full details.

Middle School acceleration pathways now available

The timelines, pacing guides and tables of contents for acceleration to take algebra in 8th grade are now available here.

CPM offers three regional conferences for Summer 2013

CPM will offer one-day regional conferences in Tulare, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, and Madison, WI.  Click here for information, here for registration information.

CPM May 2013 Newsletter "News You Can Use"

(download here.)

CPM releases Common Core series, Core Connections

Click on "Learn About CPM" at left to see tables of contents and sample chapters.
For an eBook preview, click here.

News

New curriculum and technical support available

Three CPM mentor teachers are now available to help parents, students and teachers who have questions about the CPM program. This support is primarily for questions about using the program, its technology and the website. To use CPM's support service, go to http://www.cpm.org/support to see the available services. Follow the prompts to get help. Note that this service is not a "homework helpline." That support is at http://www.cpm.org/students/homework.

The CPM mentors are:
Middle grades courses: Susan Hoffmier, Auburn, CA
High school core courses: Melissa Thomley, Madison, WI
Transition to college courses: Sarah Morrison, Glendale, CA

Common Core State Standards (CCSS):

CPM now offers a new series of textbooks to meet the grade 6-8 and high school CCSS content and practice standards: Core Connections, Courses 1 - 3 and Core Connections Algebra 1 & 2 and Geometry. Learn how this series as well as the original Connections series of CPM textbooks are fully aligned with the CCSS Content and Mathematical Practice Standards. CPM can also provide professional development centered around embedding the eight CCSS Mathematical Practices into your current lessons and current textbook from any publisher. Start moving on the path to the CCSS today!


Parent e-book licenses are now available!

Parents may purchase a one-year e-book license of their student's book for $10 by calling CPM and using a credit card. Contact Lorrayne Graham at (209) 745-2055.


Sample Problem

Core Connections, Course 2 : 5-1.
CC2-5-1WHAT ARE YOU EATING?
The government has created guidelines for how much of various nutrients, vitamins, and minerals a person should eat or drink each day to be healthy. These guidelines are then used to create labels like the one shown above to inform the public about the nutritional content of food.

According to the sample label above, one serving of Cheesy Mac macaroni and cheese contains 15% of the recommended daily amount of saturated fat that a person should eat. Nutritionists recommend that a person should have no more than a certain amount of saturated fat each day. One serving of Cheesy Mac has 3 grams (3g) of saturated fat. How many grams of saturated fat should a person eat in one day?

Your Task: With your team, determine how many grams of saturated fat a person should eat each day. Look for more than one way to solve the problem and be ready to explain your reasoning. [answer]

DISCUSSION POINTS
What information do you have about the part?
What do you know about the whole?
How could you represent this situation with a number line?