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Grade 8 Mathematics
Course Outline
Pre
– Exam (
New York
State
required)
The chapters
go in the order needed to cover the material needed for the state exam
and not the order written by the text book company.
Chapter
1
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Order of operations
·
Evaluate expressions
·
Properties
·
Equation vs. expression
·
Coordinate system
o
Plot points
o
Name ordered pair
o
Domain, range
·
Scatter plot
Chapter
2
·
Integers
o
Add, subtract, multiply, divide
·
Absolute value
·
Coordinate system
Chapter
3 (parts of Chapter 7)
·
Distributive property
·
Combining like terms
·
Simplify algebraic expression
·
Solving equations
·
Writing and solving equations from words
Chapter
4
·
Divisibility rules
·
Terminology (monomials, bi-, etc.)
·
Order of operations (with exponents)
·
Prime factorization
·
Factor trees
·
Factoring monomials
·
Factor by GCF
·
Multiplying/dividing monomials (with exponents)
·
Reducing algebraic fractions
·
Scientific notation
Chapter
5
·
Terminology with fractions, decimals, percents
·
Changing fraction to decimal or fraction, etc.
·
Types of numbers
·
Multiplying/dividing rational numbers
·
Adding/ Subtracting fractions
·
Measures of Central tendency
·
Solve equations with rational numbers
·
Sequences
Chapter
13
·
Adding/subtracting polynomials
·
Multiplying monomials by a polynomial
Chapter
9
·
Squares and square roots
·
Real number system
·
Rational vs. irrational
·
Geometry terminology
·
Measuring and classifying angles
·
180 degrees in sum of angles of a triangle
·
Pythagorean theorem/formula
·
Parts of a similar triangle
Chapter
6
·
Ratio and rates
·
Unit rates
·
Proportions
·
Percent and percent problems
·
Percent of change
·
Probability
Chapter
10
·
Parallel lines cut by transversal (and associated
terminology)
·
Translations
·
Area of regular polygons
·
Classify polygons
·
Circles- circumference and area
·
Find area of irregular polygons
Post
– exam
Chapter
8 (and parts of 13)
·
Relations and functions
·
Domain/range
·
Solve linear equations
·
Graphing linear equations
·
Find y intercept
·
Find x intercept
·
Define and find slope
·
Write equation of a line
o
From graph
o
Given slope and intercept
o
Given two points
o
From a table
·
Find line of best fit (scatter plot)
o
Make predictions
·
Solve system of equations
o
Graphically
o
By substitution
·
Recognize linear and nonlinear
o
By equation
o
By graph
Chapter
11
·
Recognize three dimensional figures
·
Recognize diagonals and skew lines
·
Find volume of pyramids and cones
·
Find surface area
o
Cylinders
o
Pyramids
o
Cones
Chapter
12
·
Stem and leaf plot
·
Box and whiskers plot
·
Histograms
·
Counting principle
·
Permutations
·
Pascal’s triangle
·
Probabilities
·
Odds
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