Mathematics in Context

Grade Eight — Activity Alignment

Each of the links below will take you to an activity to explore to learn about the underlined concept. On each activity you will see:

These buttons take you to more information about the activity. Be sure to press the What? button to find out about other activities that help with the same or similar concepts.

1. Reflections on Number
   • Divisibility and Prime Factorization, Multiplication and Division, Operations with Inverses
2. Graphing Equations
   • Graphing Points and Lines, Solving Linear Equations, Graphing Inequalities, Equation of a line
3. Growth
   • Linear functions, Quadratic Functions, Cubic Functions, Exponential Functions, Sequences, Growth
4. Patterns and Figures
   • Patterns, Generalities, Progressions, Rectangular Numbers, Triangular Numbers, Pascal's Triangle
5. Get the Most Out of It
   • Word Problems with Two Unknowns, Systems of Equations, Graphing Lines, Graphing Inequalities, Graphing Hyperbolas
6. Triangles and Patchwork
   • Similarity, Similar Triangles, Tessellations
7. Going the Distance
   • Pythagorean Theorem, Distance, Scale, Square Roots, Contour Lines
8. Insights into Data
   • Understanding Graphs, Gathering Data, Bias, Representations of Data, Correlations, Scatter Plots, Box Plots
9. Digging Numbers
   • Positional Counting Systems, Comparing Sets of Data, Graphical Representations of Data, Linear Functions, Formulas
10. Great Expectations
    • Variability, Chance, Sample Size, Probability, Simulations, Combinations