Grade 8** Math Outcomes
taken from Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Mathematics
February 2001
Number Sense:
8.N.6 Demonstrates an understanding of absolute value
8.N.7 Applies the rules of powers and roots to the solution of problems
8.N.8 Demonstrates an understanding of the properties of arithmetic and
rational numbers
AI.N.1 Identifies and uses the properties of operations on real numbers
AI.N.2 Simplifies expressions including integer exponents and absolute
value
Patterns, Relations, and Algebra:
AI.P.1 Defines, extends, analyzes, generalizes, and creates a wide variety
of patterns including iterative, recursive, linear, quadratic, and
exponential
AI.P.3 Demonstrates an understanding of relations and functions.
Identifies the domain, range, dependent, and independent variables
of the function.
AI.P.4 Translates between different representations of functions; graphs,
tables, equations, STELLA models
AI.P.5 Demonstrates an understanding of the relationship between various
representations of a line; determines slope; writes and graphs
linear equations
AI.P.6 Determines equations of lines parallel or perpendicular to a given
line
AI.P.7* Adds, subtracts, and multiplies polynomials.
AI.P.8* Manipulates polynomial expressions by rearranging terms,
combining like terms, and factoring; simplifies simple rational
expressions; applies properties of integer exponents
AI.P.9* Finds the solutions to quadratic equations using graphs, factoring,
or the quadratic formula
AI.P.11* Solves everyday problems that can be modeled using linear,
quadratic or exponential functions.
AI.P.12* Solves everyday problem that can be modeled using systems of
linear equations
AI.D.2 Approximates a line of best fit.
Measurement:
8.M.5 Uses models, graphs, and equations to solve simple problems
involving rates; uses STELLA to model a variety of rate problems
*The standard may not be met entirely. The description is what the student is
able to do. The standard may involve more.
**This reflects what students taking algebra as eighth graders are able to do by
the end of the year.