Math Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will construct and solve multi-step linear equations to apply to real world contexts. Students will construct and solve systems of equations to apply to real world contexts. Students will construct  and compare multiple representations of functions.

Outcomes and Components:

M.8.12

  Students will analyze real numbers to apply them to algebraic and abstract contexts.

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Assess

 

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Standard(s)

    M.8.12.1   Describe and identify the difference between a rational and irrational number. 8.NS.A.1
    M.8.12.2   Convert  rational numbers which repeat into the form a/b. 8.NS.A.1
    M.8.12.3   Identify sets of real numbers in real world contexts.  
    M.8.12.4   Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare irrational numbers and graph on a number line. 8.NS.A.2
    M.8.12.5   Calculate the square root of perfect squares and the cube root of perfect cubes using the square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations in the form x2 = p and x3 = p where p is a positive rational number. 8.EE.A.2

Academic Vocabulary: describe, identify, calculate

Content Vocabulary: real number, rational number, irrational number, perfect square, perfect cube