Grade 8 Math BC Learning Standards Standards

Reasoning and analyzing

Understanding and solving

Communicating and representing

Connecting and reflecting

Big Ideas

Curricular Competency

Content

perfect squares and cubes

Reflect on mathematical thinking

Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions

Apply multiple strategies to solve problems in both abstract and contextualized situations

Use logic and patterns to solve puzzles and play games

Number represents, describes, and compares the quantities of ratios, rates, and percents.

square and cube roots

Connect mathematical concepts to each other and to other areas and personal interests

Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions

Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving

Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze, and apply mathematical ideas

Computational fluency and flexibility extend to operations with fractions.

percents less than 1 and greater than 100 (decimal and fractional percents)

Use mathematical arguments to support personal choices

Communicate mathematical thinking in many ways

Visualize to explore mathematical concepts

Estimate reasonably

Discrete linear relationships can be represented in many connected ways and used to identify and make generalizations.

numerical proportional reasoning (rates, ratio, proportions, and percent)

Incorporate First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections to mathematical concepts

Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms

Engage in problem-solving experiences that are connected to place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures

Demonstrate and apply mental math strategies

operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and order of operations)

Use tools or technology to explore and create patterns and relationships, and test conjectures

The relationship between surface area and volume of 3D objects can be used to describe, measure, and compare spatial relationships.

discrete linear relations (extended to larger numbers, limited to integers)

Model mathematics in contextualized experiences

Analyzing data by determining averages is one way to make sense of large data sets and enables us to compare and interpret.

expressions- writing and evaluating using substitution

two-step equations with integer coefficients, constants, and solutions

surface area and volume of regular solids, including triangular and other right prisms and cylinders

Pythagorean theorem

construction, views, and nets of 3D objects

central tendency

theoretical probability with two independent events

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