Math 8
Course Description
Module 1
In this chapter students will work with radicals and integer exponents.
Students will understand the place value system.
Students will apply and extend previous understanding of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
Students will solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, surface area, and volume.
Module 2
In this chapter, students will understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
Students will understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Students will understand concepts of angle measures and measure angles.
Students will draw and identity lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
Students will solve real life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
Module 3
In this chapter, students will understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
Students will understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Students will understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
Students will analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
Students will draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationship between them.
Module 4
In this chapter students will be able to understand the connection between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
Students will be able to solve linear equations and be able to graph on a coordinate plane.
Students will understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
Students will apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
Students will analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve world problems and mathematical problems.
Students will use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
Module 5
In this chapter, students will define, evaluate and compare functions,
Students will solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
Students will understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
Students will be able to solve real-life mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
Students will understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines and linear equations.
Students will analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Module 6
In this chapter, students will use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Students will investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
Students will solver real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
Students will define, evaluate, and compare functions.
Module 7
In this chapter students will know that there are numbers that are not rations, and approximate them by rational numbers.
Students will work with radicals and integer exponents.
Students will understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Students will solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.
Students will compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
Students will apply and extend previous understanding of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Students will apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
Students will draw, construct, and describe figures and describe the relationship between them.
Students will solve real-life mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.