Length: Full Year
Recommended Background: Successful completion of Year 7 Mathematics.
Content:
In Year 8, students engage in a range of approaches to learning and doing mathematics that develop their understanding and fluency of concepts, as well as their reasoning and problem-solving processes. Proficiency in mathematics enables students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by using mathematical strategies to solve problems efficiently.
Topics as outlined by the Australian Curriculum are:
- Number – irrational numbers, exponent laws, expanding and factorising, terminating and recurring decimals, integers, percentages.
- Algebra – linear expanding and factorising, graphing, linear functions.
- Measurement – area, perimeter, capacity, circumference, time, rates, Pythagoras’ Theorem.
- Space – congruence, quadrilaterals, 3-D objects.
- Statistics – census, distribution, random sampling, bias.
- Probability – complementary events, two-way tables, tree-diagrams, Venn diagrams.
At the end of each semester, students will be expected to sit for a year level common test. This assessment, together with other results, will be used to gauge student performance and readiness for the next year.
Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. Students will be assessed in each of the topics using a combination of tests, assignments and activities.
Special Requirements:
A scientific calculator is required. We recommend one with an authentic display.
Leads to: Year 9 Mathematics