Ministry of Education
Math has four broad themes, each of which has many specific skills. You can view them at the Ministry of Education's website. The categories are:
  • Number - divisibility rules, relating positive fractions, decimals and percents, operations with integers
  • Patterns and Relations - linear relations (algebraic expressions and equations), graphing
  • Space and Shape - use of Pi, circles, polygons, 2D relationships - bisectors, perpendicular etc.
  • Statistics and Probability - measures of central tendency (average), outliers, circle graphs, determining likelihood
Practice Quizzes
  • 7's multiple choice quizzing For students who want to test their understanding,, these short M/C quizzes are available. They're taken from material in our primary resource, Math Focus 7. Click the unit theme, listed below as the current focus, and select topic to begin.
  • 8's multiple choice quizzing This is the Gr. 8 collection of M/C quizzes connected to our primary resource, Math Focus 8.

Mathletics
Math Focus textbook
 Current Gr. 8 Themes - N8.2 Understanding percent greater than 100 or equal to 0
Grade 8 extends the understanding of how to use and display percent values. In Gr. 7, students learned how to compare/convert a percent between 1 and 100 to decimals and fractions. In Gr. 8, they learn how to represent and display values both less and more than those. Students will need to be able to explain why two consecutive smaller changes do not yield the same result as a single change of the same sum.
  • display percent greater than 100% and less than 1%
  • describe why multiple smaller changes are not equal to a single change (symbol is a triangle in math) of the same sum. e.g. 10% + 10% + 10% is not equal to a single 30% change
    • e.g. 100 + 30% = 130; 100 + 10% = x. x + 10% = y. y + 10 = z. z = 133.1
  • solve problems that involve PST, GST and discounts
  • some new calculator skills