TAKS Objective 10. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the mathematical processes and tools used in problem solving.
Knowledge and Skill Statement

(8.14) Underlying processes and mathematical tools. The student applies Grade 8 mathematics to solve problems connected to everyday experiences, investigations in other disciplines, and activities in and outside of school.
Student Expectation (A) identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical tools.

(C) select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy from a variety of different types, including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table, working a simpler problem, or working backwards to solve a problem.