Year 8 Mathematics

Directed Numbers

• Adding and subtracting integers
• Multiplying and dividing integers
• Order of operations (BEDMAS)

Indices

• What are exponents?
• Multiplying and dividing indices
• The zero power
• Power of a power

Percentages

• Converting fractions, decimals and percentages (part 1)
• Converting fractions, decimals and percentages (part 2)
• Converting fractions, decimals and percentages (part 3)
• Percentage of an amount
• Increasing and decreasing by a percentage

• Mark up and discount

Measurement

• Perimeter
• Converting length units
• Circumference of a circle
• Arc length
• Converting area units
• Area of squares and rectangles
• Area of triangles
• Area of parallelograms
• Area of trapezia
• Area of kites
• Area of a circle
• Area of semi and quarter circles
• Area of sector circles
• Area of composite shapes
• Surface area of basic solids

Algebra

• The language of algebra
• Substitution
• Multiplying algebraic terms
• Dividing algebraic terms
• Expanding brackets: the distributive law
• Factorising by finding the highest common factor

Solving Equations

• The language of equations
• The four basic inverse operations
• Solving basic equations
• Unknowns on both sides
• More complex equations (unknowns on one side)

Linear Relationships

• Interpreting line graphs​
• The language of linear graphs
• Table values and graphing
• Finding the rule by looking for patterns
• What are gradients?
• Linear equations Excel task tutorial​

Rates and Ratios

• What are ratios?
• Using ratios to find amounts

Probability

• The language of probability
• Theoretical vs experimental probability
• Introducing Venn diagrams

Statistics

• Discrete vs continuous data
• Mean, median and mode
• Measuring the range
• Frequency tables
• Histograms
• Stem and leaf plots
• Population sampling
• Estimating wildlife population using population sampling

PYTHAGORAS THEOREM

• What is Pythagoras' theorem?
• Finding the length of unknown sides
• Determining if a triangle is right-angled​