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Alabama Standards - Grade 8 Math

The state of Alabama has prescribed that students of Grade 8 Math master certain topics. The topics are listed below. Each of these topics/strands are covered in TenMarks, helping students refresh their knowledge, as well as learn as they practice - resulting in mastery.
1. Use various strategies and operations to solve problems involving real numbers.
 
1.1 Using alternative representations of rational numbers
 
1.2 Applying GCF, LCM, and prime and composite numbers, including justification for the reasonableness of results, when working with rational numbers
 
1.3 Applying proportional reasoning
 
1.4 Using vocabulary associated with sets, including union and intersection
 
1.5 Determining whether a number is rational or irrational
 
1.6 Demonstrating computational fluency with operations on rational numbers
2. Simplify expressions containing natural number exponents by applying one or more of the laws of exponents.
 
2.1 Writing numbers using scientific notation
3. Use order of operations to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions.
 
3.1 Applying the substitution principle
 
3.2 Applying the properties of operations on rational numbers to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions
4. Graph linear relations by plotting points or by using the slope and y-intercept.
 
4.1 Determining slopes and y-intercepts of lines
 
4.2 Calculating the slope of a linear relation given as a table or graph
 
4.3 Exhibiting conceptual understanding of various uses of variables
5. Solve problems involving linear functions.
 
5.1 Identifying functions from information in tables, sets of ordered pairs, equations, graphs, and mappings
 
5.2 Determining the rule that defines a function
 
5.3 Classifying variables in a function as independent or dependent
 
5.4 Classifying relations as linear or nonlinear by examining tables, graphs, or simple equations
6. Solve multistep linear equations, including equations requiring the use of the distributive property.
 
6. Solve multistep linear equations, including equations requiring the use of the distributive property.
7. Solve problems using the Pythagorean Theorem.
 
7.1 Applying the Triangle Inequality Theorem
 
7.2 Verifying the Pythagorean Theorem
 
7.3 Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to determine if a triangle is a right tri
 
7.4 Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing length of a side of a right triangle
 
7.5 Calculating distances on the coordinate plane using the Pythagorean Theorem
8. Compare quadrilaterals, triangles, and solids, using their properties and characteristics.
 
8.1 Developing mathematical arguments about the relationships among types of quadrilaterals and triangles
 
8.2 Identifying angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, congruent angles, and congruent figures
 
8.3 Constructing congruent and similar polygons, congruent angles, congruent segments, and parallel and perpendicular lines
9. Determine the measures of special angle pairs, including adjacent, vertical, supplementary, and complementary angles, and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal.
 
9. Determine the measures of special angle pairs, including adjacent, vertical, supplementary, and complementary angles, and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal.
10. Find the perimeter and area of regular and irregular plane figures.
 
10. Find the perimeter and area of regular and irregular plane figures.
11. Determine the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and pyramids.
 
11.1 Estimating surface area and volume of solid figures
 
11.2 Determining the appropriate units of measure to describe surface area and volume
 
11.3 Developing formulas for determining surface area and volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and pyram
12. Determine the lengths of missing sides and measures of angles in similar and congruent figures.
 
12.1 Applying proportional reasoning
 
12.2 Using dilations on the coordinate plane to determine measures of similar figures
 
12.3 Finding the ratios of the perimeters and areas of similar triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms
13. Interpret data from populations, using given and collected data.
 
13.1 Representing the data with the most appropriate graph, including box-and-whisker plot, circle graph, and scatterplot
 
13.2 Making predictions by estimating the line of best fit from a scatterplot
 
13.3 Comparing data sets involving two populations
 
13.4 Determining the measure of center that is the most appropriate for a given situation
14. Determine the theoretical probability of an event.
 
14.1 Calculating the probability of complementary events and mutually exclusive events
 
14.2 Comparing experimental and theoretical probability
 
14.4 Determining the probability of an event through simulation
 
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