Activities in the Mathematics grade 8 series cover:

Number Sense & Numeration
  • Review various number systems (whole, integers, fractions & mixed numbers, and decimals) and determining their place value
  • Expressing numbers in a written statement, standard, expanded forms, and scientific notation
  • Comparing and ordering numbers from the various number systems
  • Understanding special number concepts: rounding-off numbers, factors and highest common factors (H.C.F), multiples and lowest common multiples (L.C.M), odd & even number, prime & composite number, composite numbers as products of prime numbers, multiplying and dividing decimals & whole numbers multiples of 10, divisibility by any of the single digit numbers from 1-9, and square roots & perfect squares
  • Four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using the various number systems, as well as exponents
  • Order of operations using brackets, exponents, and various numbers systems
  • Review concepts related to percentage; working with percentages
  • Applying percentages to everyday situations (discounts & sales prices, commissions, and loan interests);
  • Review concepts related to ratio, proportion, and rate
Measurement
  • Metric system units of measure
  • Review the concept of perimeter and how to calculate it- both in questions where all the dimensions  are in the same unit of measurement and in questions where the dimensions are in different units of measurement
  • Review the concept of area and how to calculate it- both in questions where all the dimensions are in the same unit of measurement and in questions where the dimensions are in different units of measurement
  • Calculating the missing dimension of a perimeter, area, and volume measurement questions when given the perimeter, area, or volume and some of the other dimensions
  • Introduce the concept of 3-D figures, and the various types of them that exist
  • Introduce the concept of surface area, and how to calculate the surface area of 3-dimensional figures using their polyhedron (‘net’ diagrams)
  • Review the concept of volume and how to calculate volume of 3-dimensional figures
Geometry & Spatial Sense
  • Classifications of angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals
  • The Pythagorean theorem
  • Proving congruency: AAA, ASA, SAS, and SSS
  • Special angle relationships that exist for angles that are formed by the intersection and/or bisection of the various lines
  • Sketching and folding nets
  • Concepts of transformational geometry
  • Cartesian plane and creating designs by plotting coordinates in all four quadrants of the Cartesian plane
Patterning & Algebra
  • Mathematical relationships in number patterns
  • Analyzing number patterns and identify their ‘patterning’ rules
  • Creating number patterns
  • Main concepts of algebra- variables, algebraic expressions, equations and inequalities
  • Solving simple equations and inequalities
  • Graphing solutions on a number line
  • Introduction to number sets and how to use a Venn Diagram to illustrate them
  • Solving 2 or 3 inequalities using and graphing the answer using Venn-Diagrams
  • Using a model to solve equations
  • Solving equations using 2 different variables, and graphing the solution as a line- with a slope
Data Management & Probability
  • The concepts of data and statistics
  • Various types of graphs and what their uses are
  • Interpreting graphs
  • The concept of probability
  • Calculating the probability of an event’s occurrence
  • Creating a census
  • Predicting an event using a set probability being repeated a certain number of times
  • Creating tree diagrams
Problem Solving
  • The rationale for problem solving and the important role it plays in everyday life
  • The processes required to solve problems
  • The various strategies that can be used to solve problems –depending upon the type of problem you are challenged with

 

Also see: Grade 8 English Curriculum

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