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Grade 3-8 Mathematics Testing Program Guidance, Pre-March/Post March
 
Grade 8 Pre-March Document  
Number

Strand       Performance Indicator
 Band                 

Pre-March Testing
 
Number and Operations
Operations  
8.N.1 Develop and apply the laws of exponents for multiplication and division Pre-March
8.N.2 Evaluate expressions with integral exponents Pre-March
8.N.3 Read, write, and identify percents less than 1% and greater than 100% Pre-March
8.N.4 Apply percents to: Tax, percent increase/decrease, simple interest, sale price, commission, interest rates, and gratuities Pre-March
Number and Operations
Estimation  
8.N.5 Estimate a percent of a quantity, given an application Pre-March
8.N.6 Justify the reasonableness of answers using estimation Pre-March
Algebra
Variables and Expressions
8.A.1 Translate verbal sentences into algebraic inequalities Pre-March
8.A.2 Write verbal expressions that match given mathematical expressions Pre-March
8.A.3 Describe a situation involving relationships that matches a given graph Pre-March
8.A.4 Create a graph given a description or an expression for a situation involving a linear or nonlinear relationship Pre-March
8.A.5 Use physical models to perform operations with polynomials Pre-March
8.A.6 Multiply and divide monomials Pre-March
8.A.7 Add and subtract polynomials (integer coefficients) Pre-March
8.A.8 Multiply a binomial by a monomial or binomial (integer coefficients) Pre-March
8.A.9 Divide a polynomial by a monomial (integer coefficients). Note: The degree of the denominator is less than or equal to the degree of the numerator for all variables Pre-March
8.A.10 Factor algebraic expressions using the GCF Pre-March
8.A.11 Factor a trinomial in the form ax˛+bx+c; a=1 and c having no more than 3 sets of factors Pre-March
Algebra
Equations and Inequalities
8.A.12 Apply algebra to determine the measure of angles formed by or contained in parallel lines cut by a transversal and by intersecting lines Pre-March
Algebra
Patterns, Relations and Functions
8.A.15 Understand that numerical information can be represented in multiple ways: arithmetically, algebraically and graphically Pre-March
8.A.16 Find a set of ordered pairs to satisfy a given linear numerical pattern (expressed algebraically); then plot the ordered pairs and draw the line Pre-March
Algebra
Coordinate Geometry
 
Geometry  
Constructions
 
Geometry  
Geometric Relationships
8.G.1 Identify pairs of vertical angles as congruent Pre-March
8.G.2 Identify pairs of supplementary and complementary angles Pre-March
8.G.3 Calculate the missing angle in a supplementary or complementary pair Pre-March
8.G.4 Determine angle pair relationship when given two parallel lines cut by a transversal Pre-March
8.G.5 Calculate the missing angle measurements when given two parallel lines cut by a transversal Pre-March
8.G.6 Calculate the missing angle measurements when given two intersecting lines and an angle Pre-March
Geometry
Transformational Geometry		  
8.G.7 Describe and identify transformations in the plane, using proper function notation (rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations.) Pre-March
8.G.8 Draw the image of a figure under rotations of 90 and 180 degrees Pre-March
8.G.9 Draw the image of a figure under a reflection over a given line Pre-March
8.G.10 Draw the image of a figure under a translation Pre-March
8.G.11 Draw the image of a figure under a dilation Pre-March
8.G.12 Identify the properties preserved and not preserved under a reflection, rotation, translation, and dilation Pre-March
Geometry
Coordinate Geometry
     
Measurement  
Units of Measurement
8.M.1 Solve equations/ proportions to convert to equivalent measurements within metric and customary measurement systems. Note: Also allow Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa Pre-March

 



 		  
Key to number: 8.N.6
8 = 8th Grade
N = Number Sense & Operations
6= Performance Indicator number