Mathematics in Context

Grade Eight — Lesson Alignment

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, Combinations, Simulations