Grade 8 Math
10 units matched to the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Number sense and number theory. Students will demonstrate number sense and apply number theory concepts.
- Operation sense. Students will demonstrate operation sense and apply operation principles and procedures in both numeric and algebraic situations.
- Patterns and relationships. Students will explore, recognize, represent and apply patterns and relationships, both informally and formally.
- Measurement. Students will demonstrate an understanding of and apply concepts and skills associated with measurement.
- Spatial sense. Students will demonstrate spatial sense and apply geometric concepts, properties and relationships.
- Data management. Students will solve problems involving the collection, display and analysis of data.
- Probability. Students will represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.
Units
Unit 1
Fraction Operations
Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, multiplying and dividing fractions, switching between mixed numbers and improper fractions, and finding a fraction of an amount.
Curriculum outcome: Operation sense (by Grade 9) · multiplying and dividing positive fractions and mixed numbers
Unit 2
Squares, Cubes & Roots
Knowing perfect squares and cubes, finding square roots and cube roots, estimating where a square root falls between whole numbers, and linking squares to the area of a square.
Curriculum outcome: Operation sense (by Grade 9) · perfect squares, square roots and estimating square roots
Unit 3
Ratios, Rates & Proportions
Simplifying ratios, finding missing terms in equivalent ratios, comparing unit prices, working with speed, scaling recipes and map distances, and turning a part of a whole into a percent.
Curriculum outcome: Number sense and number theory (by Grade 9) · ratios, rates and proportional reasoning
Unit 4
Percents & Money
Finding a percent of a number, moving between fractions, decimals and percents, sale prices and sales tax (BC's 12%), simple monthly budgets, and making change.
Curriculum outcome: Number sense and number theory (by Grade 9) · percents greater than 100 and less than 1, and money problems
Unit 5
Patterns & Two-Step Equations
Writing and evaluating expressions like 3n + 2, solving two-step equations, and finding the rule for a growing pattern or a cost made of whole items such as tickets.
Curriculum outcome: Patterns and relationships (by Grade 9) · linear relations and solving linear equations
Unit 6
Pythagorean Theorem
Finding a missing side of a right triangle, checking whether a triangle is a right triangle, and using the theorem for ladders and diagonals.
Curriculum outcome: Measurement (by Grade 9) · the Pythagorean theorem
Unit 7
Surface Area & Volume
Finding surface area and volume of boxes, cubes, triangular prisms and cylinders, working backwards to a missing dimension, linking cm³ to millilitres, and recognizing nets and views of 3D objects.
Curriculum outcome: Measurement (by Grade 9) · surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders
Unit 8
Probability & Data
Counting outcomes, finding theoretical and experimental probabilities, predicting how often something will happen, and summarizing data with the mean, median and range.
Curriculum outcome: Data management (by Grade 9) · choosing and critiquing ways to show data
Unit 9
Integer Operations
Multiplying and dividing positive and negative integers, adding and subtracting them, working with the order of operations, and solving real-life problems such as temperature changes.
Curriculum outcome: Operation sense (by Grade 9) · multiplying and dividing integers
Unit 10
Nets & Views
Matching flat nets to prisms and cylinders, working out what the parts of a net measure, and picturing an object from above, the front and the side.
Curriculum outcome: Measurement (by Grade 9) · nets and views of 3-D objects
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