Table 5.
Summary of Descriptions in Teacher Manuals
| Curriculum | Grade | Terminology | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyday Mathematics | K | equal | equal sign only used on calculators |
| 1 | equals | is equal to | |
| is the same as | |||
| 2 | equals | is the same as or is equal to | |
| encourages use of nonstandard equations | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | equals | ||
| 5 | |||
| HSP Math | K | equal | is equal to |
| numbers on one side equal to other side | |||
| the number in all is after the equal sign | |||
| 1 | is equal to | ||
| is the same as | |||
| 2 | equal | is equal to | |
| 3 | equal to | ||
| 4 | equabeam balance used to show balancing equations 4 + m = 9: equation is true if both values are equal | ||
| 5 | |||
| Investigations in Number, Data, and Space | K | equal | “What sign do we use to show 10 altogether?” this side is the same as |
| 1 | equal | both sides are the same | |
| either side has the same amount | |||
| the same as | |||
| encourages use of nonstandard equations | |||
| 2 | equal | two things are the same | |
| the equal sign shows equivalency | |||
| 3 | equal to, or has the same sum | ||
| 4 | equal | one side equivalent to the other side | |
| 5 | equal | ||
| Math Connects | K | equal | “equivalent equations are a balance between two sides” |
| 1 | equals | having the same value | |
| 2 | picture of a balance to show nonstandard equations | ||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| Math Expressions | K | equals | same as |
| encourages teaching unequals sign “9 = 4 + 5 and 4 + 5 = 9 are partners, either way is correct” | |||
| 1 | equals | is equal to | |
| is the same as | |||
| 2 | equals | is equal to | |
| 3 | equal | two sides have the same value | |
| 4 | equals | “Can write equations with answer on left.” | |
| both sides have the same value | |||
| 5 | |||
| Saxon Math | K | ||
| 1 | equals | two quantities have the same value | |
| 2 | equals | two quantities have the same value | |
| 3 | equal | if two amounts are the same, write the equal sign | |
| have the same value | |||
| 4 | equal | equation shows two quantities are the same | |
| shows balance scale | |||
| 5 | equal sign introduced as comparison symbol | ||
| Scott Foreman Addison Wesley | K | equals | is the same as |
| goes between numbers added and sum | |||
| 1 | equals | equals | |
| “What sign comes before the sum?” | |||
| is the same as | |||
| balance used for equations | |||
| 2 | equals | one side is the same as other side | |
| equal to | |||
| 3 | equals | two expressions are equal | |
| 4 | equal | equation is like a pan balance, sides have same value | |
| 5 | |||
| Singapore Math | K | makes | |
| 1 | equal | is equal to | |
| same amount or number | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | same value |