8th-Grade Common-Core Bundle

Overview of Class 8

Number System

• Recognize that some numbers are irrational and approximate them with rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations

• Work with integer radicals and exponents.
• Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
• Analyze and solve single linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

Functions

• Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
• Use functions to model relationships between different quantities.

Geometry

• Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
• Apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the volumes of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

Statistics and Probability

• Investigate correlation patterns in bivariate data.

Mathematical Practices

• Understand problems and persist in solving them.
• Reason both abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct plausible arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model real-world situations using mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Pay careful attention to detail.
• Identify and utilize structural patterns.
• Notice and articulate regularities in repeated reasoning.