Grade 8 Math
14 units matched to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Number.
- Patterns and Relations.
- Shape and Space.
- Statistics and Probability.
Units
Unit 1
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: Number · perfect squares and cubes, square roots, and estimating roots
Unit 2
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: Number · multiplying and dividing integers and mixed integer operations
Unit 3
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: Number · adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers
Unit 4
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 · ratios, rates, unit prices and proportions
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 Relations · expressions, patterns and solving two-step linear equations
Unit 6
Tables, Graphs & Linear Relations
Using an equation like y = 3x + 2 to build a table of values, find a missing x or y, and describe how the variables change together.
Curriculum outcome: Patterns and Relations · tables of values and graphs of linear relations like y = 3x + 2
Unit 7
Equations with Brackets
Solving one-variable equations, including ones with brackets and negative numbers, checking by substitution, and spotting a common mistake with the distributive property.
Curriculum outcome: Patterns and Relations · solving one-variable equations, including ones with brackets
Unit 8
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: Shape and Space · finding a missing side of a right triangle and testing for right angles
Unit 9
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: Shape and Space · nets of prisms and cylinders, and top, front and side views
Unit 10
Top, Front and Side Views
Children picture what a building made of cubes looks like from the top, front and side, and use views to work out how many cubes it has.
Curriculum outcome: Shape and Space · picturing cube buildings from the top, front and side
Unit 11
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: Shape and Space · surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders
Unit 12
Tessellations & Transformations
Why some shapes tessellate, naming the transformations in a tiling, and finding the image of a point after a translation, reflection, rotation or dilation on a coordinate grid.
Curriculum outcome: Shape and Space · tessellations and transformations of shapes
Unit 13
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: Statistics and Probability · outcomes, theoretical and experimental probability, and summarizing data
Unit 14
Independent Events
Finding the chance that two separate events both happen, such as a coin toss and a die roll, by multiplying their probabilities.
Curriculum outcome: Statistics and Probability · probability of two independent events
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