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.8.1

  Students will compare irrational numbers on a number line and solve square and cubic equations.

Pacing  

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Assess

 

Component Code

 

Component

Standard(s)

1   M.8.1.1   Evaluate square and cube roots of rational numbers. 8.EE.A.2
3   M.8.1.2  

Solve equations in the form x2 = p and x3 = p where p is a positive rational number.

8.EE.A.2
1   M.8.1.3  

Convert rational numbers which repeat into the form a/b.

8.NS.A.1
2   M.8.1.4  

Identify rational and irrational numbers. 

8.NS.A.1
3   M.8.1.5  

Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare irrational numbers and graph them on a number line.

8.NS.A.2

Academic Vocabulary: evaluate, solve, convert, identify, compare, graph

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