Grade 8 Math
10 units matched to the Nova Scotia Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Number: Develop number sense.
- Patterns and Relations: Use patterns to describe the world and solve problems.
- Measurement: Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.
- Geometry: Describe the characteristics of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, and analyse the relationships among them.
- Statistics and Probability: Collect, display and analyse data to solve problems, and use probability to represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.
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.
Learning outcome: N01, N02 · perfect squares, square roots and estimating square roots
Unit 2
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.
Learning outcome: M01 · the Pythagorean theorem
Unit 3
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.
Learning outcome: N07 · multiplying and dividing integers
Unit 4
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.
Learning outcome: N06 · multiplying and dividing positive fractions and mixed numbers
Unit 5
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.
Learning outcome: N03 · percents greater than 100 and less than 1, and money problems
Unit 6
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.
Learning outcome: N04, N05 · ratios, rates and proportional reasoning
Unit 7
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.
Learning outcome: PR01, PR02 · linear relations and solving linear equations
Unit 8
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.
Learning outcome: M02, M03, M04 · surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders
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.
Learning outcome: G01 · nets and views of 3-D objects
Unit 10
Probability & Data
Counting outcomes, finding theoretical and experimental probabilities, predicting how often something will happen, and summarizing data with the mean, median and range.
Learning outcome: SP01 · choosing and critiquing ways to show data
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