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Mathematical practice
The Standards mandate that eight principles of mathematical practice be taught:
 * 1) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
 * 2) Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
 * 3) Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
 * 4) Model with mathematics.
 * 5) Use appropriate tools strategically.
 * 6) Attend to precision.
 * 7) Look for and make use of structure.
 * 8) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

The practices are adapted from the five process standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the five strands of proficiency in the U.S. National Research Council's Adding It Up report. These practices are to be taught in every grade from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Details of how these practices are to be connected to each grade level's mathematics content are left to local implementation of the Standards.