Highlights of student learning in Grade 8


  • Number Sense and Numeration:

    • Representing and ordering rational numbers

    • Representing numbers using exponential notation

    • Solving multi-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals

    • Multiplying and dividing fractions and integers

    • Multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of ten

    • Applying order of operations in expressions with brackets and exponents

    • Solving problems involving percents to one decimal place and percents greater than 100

    • Solving problems involving rates and proportions

  • Measurement:

    • Converting between cubic centimetres and cubic metres and between millilitres and cubic centimetres

    • Developing circumference and area relationships for a circle

    • Developing and applying the formula for the volume of a cylinder

    • Determining and applying surface-area

    • Relationships for cylinders

  • Geometry and Spatial Sense:

    • Sorting quadrilaterals by geometric properties involving diagonals

    • Constructing circles

    • Investigating relationships among similar shapes

    • Determining and applying angle relationships for parallel and intersecting lines

    • Relating the numbers of faces, edges, and vertices of a polyhedron

    • Determining and applying the Pythagorean relationship geometrically

    • Plotting the image of a point on the coordinate plane after applying a transformation

  • Patterning and Algebra:

    • Representing the general term in a linear sequence, using one or more algebraic expressions

    • Translating statements, using algebraic equations

    • Finding the term number in a pattern algebraically when given any term

    • Solving linear equations involving onevariable terms with integer solutions using a “balance” model

  • Data Management and Probability:

    • Collecting categorical, discrete, and continuous data

    • Organizing data into intervals

    • Displaying data using histograms and scatter plots

    • Using measures of central tendency to compare sets of data

    • Comparing two attributes using data management tools

    • Comparing experimental and theoretical probabilities

    • Calculating the probability of complementary events