8th grade Math Guide

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ACT Readiness Standards Utah Core State Standards

types of expressions. Students will see but are not limited to linear, polynomial,

those involving whole-number exponents, applying the Order of Operations when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order. For example, use the formulas V = s 3 and A=6s 2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s=1/2. 6.EE.5. Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equations or inequality true. 6.RP.3a. Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole-number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios. 7.RP.2a. Decide whether two quantities are in a proportional relationship, e.g., by testing for equivalent ratios in a table or graphing on a coordinate plane and observing whether the graph is a straight line through the origin. 7.RP.2b. Identify the constant of proportionality (unit rate) in tables, graphs, equation, diagrams, and verbal descriptions of proportional relationships. 8.EE.6. Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y = mx + b for a lint intercepting the vertical axis at b . SMI.F.IF.6. Calculate and interpret the average rate of change of a function (presented symbolically or as a table) over a specified interval. Estimate the rate of change from a graph. SMII.A.APR.1. Understand that polynomials form a system analogous to the integers, namely, they are closed under the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication; add, subtract, and multiply polynomials. 8.F.4. Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (x , y) values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change and initial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models, and in terms of its graph or a table of values.

radical, and exponential relationships.

A 406. Exhibit knowledge of slope

A 505. Add, subtract, and multiply polynomials. AF 603. Interpret and use information from graphs in the coordinate plane

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