The document provides sample math problems and exercises for 8th grade students covering topics like algebra, geometry, statistics, and problem solving including finding the mean, median, and range of temperature data, calculating the area of various shapes, solving equations, and working word problems involving money and time. The final section offers an opportunity for students to sharpen mental math skills such as computations with fractions, exponents, percentages, and order of operations.
The document provides sample math problems and exercises for 8th grade students covering topics like algebra, geometry, statistics, and problem solving including finding the mean, median, and range of temperature data, calculating the area of various shapes, solving equations, and working word problems involving money and time. The final section offers an opportunity for students to sharpen mental math skills such as computations with fractions, exponents, percentages, and order of operations.
The document provides sample math problems and exercises for 8th grade students covering topics like algebra, geometry, statistics, and problem solving including finding the mean, median, and range of temperature data, calculating the area of various shapes, solving equations, and working word problems involving money and time. The final section offers an opportunity for students to sharpen mental math skills such as computations with fractions, exponents, percentages, and order of operations.
The document provides sample math problems and exercises for 8th grade students covering topics like algebra, geometry, statistics, and problem solving including finding the mean, median, and range of temperature data, calculating the area of various shapes, solving equations, and working word problems involving money and time. The final section offers an opportunity for students to sharpen mental math skills such as computations with fractions, exponents, percentages, and order of operations.
130 lbs 15 students 135 lbs 16 students 140 lbs 20 students 145 lbs 19 students How does the mean weight of these volleyball players compare with the median? (Review)
What kind of triangle is ABC?
(Review)
Whats The Problem?
Four students are called to sit in four chairs on a stage. The students are Bob, Wanda, Carol, and Don. Bob and Wanda are cousins. If the students are called up in random order and take seats in the order in which they are called, what is the probability that Bob and Wanda will sit next to each other?
Geometry Wrap Up An aquarium is 36 inches long, 24 inches wide and 16 inches tall. The aquarium is filled with distilled water to a level of 12 inches. If a cubic foot of distilled water weighs 62.4 pounds, how many pounds of water are in the aquarium? Express your answer as a decimal correct to tenths place. From 1996-97 Mathcounts School Handbook
(Review)
WEEK
A survey of 100 volleyball players weights had the
following results:
In triangle ABC, angle A = 2x0,
angle B = (x - 45)0 and angle C = (x-15)0.
-2= +1 +3
Grade 8
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If the star was reflected over line y, and A has
coordinates (-7, 3), what are the coordinates of its image A? (Review)
follows: to each of two grandchildren a certain sum, to the son twice as much as to the two grandchildren together, and to the widow $2,000 more than to the son and grandchildren together. How much goes to each?
Grade 8 WEEK
All About Data
Ten dolphins at the aquarium are fed fresh fish each
day. The two smallest dolphins eat three fish apiece, the four middle-size dolphins each eat five fish and the largest dolphins eat seven fish each. What is the average number of fish eaten by the dolphins each day?
(1.02)
Whats The Problem?
Working Backwards Find the starting number on this flow chart
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(Review)
3 (1.02)
-2= +1 +3
Mathematically Speaking
Geometry Wrap Up
For what valus of a and b will these two
expressions be equal?
A square is folded in half to form a
rectangle. If the resulting rectangle has a perimeter of 15 inches, what is the area of the original square?
(a + b)2 and a2 + b2 Explain. (Review)
(Review)
Keeping Skills Sharp
Write answers here: 1.
5 + 3 2 + 12
1. ___________
2.
22 + 4 23 4
2. ___________
3.
1 Order these numbers from least to greatest: , 0, 3, 1, 1 2
3. ___________
4.
8=
5.
Compare:
1 3
6.
Compare:
15 28
7.
List all the factors of 36.
8.
What is theprime factorization of 51?
9.
30 = ____
4. ___________ 1 4
5. ___________ 6. ___________
19 42
7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________
10. Half of a dozen
10. __________
+ 2 + 3 - = 1 4
Directions to Students: Write your answers as the questions are called out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Mental Math
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6 7 8 9 10 5
Algebra Alley
Answer Key
Grade 8 WEEK
2 Keeping Skills Sharp
The grandchildren each get $5,000; the son gets
$20,000; and the widow gets $32,000.
1.
23
2.
156
3.
3, 1, 1 , 0, 1 2
Mathematically Speaking
4.
The two expressions are not always the same. Only
when one number is 0 and the other is1 will they be equal.
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6.
1 3, 1, , 0, 1 2
Geometry Wrap Up
7.
(1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36)
25 inches2
8.
3 17
All About Data
9.
5.4 fish
10. 6
Whats the Problem?
Mental Math 1.
This section provides an opportunity for
sharpening students mental computation.
In what quadrant would you find the ordered pair (2,
3)?
2.
15% is what common fraction?
3.
8 3 + 2 7 + 12
4.
60 falls between what two consecutive integers?
585
7.
Write the next number in this pattern:
3, 9, 27, 81, ___
8.
12 ? = 15 5
10.
1 7 3
6.
71
3 4
5.
9. True or false: 2 3 7 = 3 7 2
Mental Math 1.
III
2.
3 20
3.
12
4.
7 and 8
5.
200
6.
7.
243
8.
9.
True
1 4
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by
Week
MATHEMATICS
Essentials
Algebra Alley
4 1 3
Triangles ABC and RST are similar triangles.
Angle A = 2(x + 15)0, angle S = 3x0, and angle C = x0. What are the measures of angles B, R and T? What kind of triangles are they?
Grade 8 WEEK
All About Data
The high temperatures in Raleigh for the first two
weeks of July were:
10 1 1 3 9 235677 8 68899
(5.04)
What were the mean, the median and the range of
these temperatures?
Whats The Problem?
During Bully's first week working in a china shop he breaks a vase that costs $45.89, two glasses that cost $16.25 each, and a platter that costs $135.49. If he makes $5.25 an hour, how many hours will he have to work to pay for the things he broke?
(1.02)
-2= +1 +3
Mathematically Speaking Geometry Wrap Up
5 Will the expression always be less than 5? x Explain.
Tom has some cubes that are 2 cm on each side.
How many of them will fit into a box that is a cube with each side 4 cm long?
(3.01)
(Review)
Keeping Skills Sharp
Write answers here: 1. ___________
1.
0.765 + 3.876 + 5
2.
Write 0.5 as a common fraction in simplest form.
3.
Find the area:
3 2m
5m
2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________
2m
5. ___________ 4.
Find the area:
5.
3 x = Solve for x. 7 14
6.
2 cm
6. ___________ 7. ___________
8.
Three loaves of bread cost $3.87. How much do two loaves cost? 8. ___________ Find 55% of 480. 9. ___________ 6 out of 40 is equivalent to ___ out of ___.
9.
4+3698
7.
10. __________
10. 15 + 0.5
+ 2 + 3 - = 1 4
Directions to Students: Write your answers as the questions are called out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Mental Math
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6 7 8 9 10 8
Answer Key
Grade 8 WEEK
Angle B = 750, angle R = 800, angle T = 250.
The triangles are acute scalene.
3 Keeping Skills Sharp
Whats the Problem?
1.
9.641
Mathematically Speaking
2.
1 2
No. If x is less than one, x will divide into 5 more
5 than 5 times. Note: if x is negative, will be x negative and definitely less than 5.
3.
6 square meters
4.
3.14 square centimeters
5.
Geometry Wrap Up
6.
$2.58
7.
264
8.
Answers will vary: 3 out of 20,
12 out of 80 etc.
9.
-2
Algebra Alley
41 hours
All About Data
median = 940, mean = 93.90, range =170.
10. 15.5
Mental Math
This section provides an opportunity for
sharpening students mental computation.
Mental Math
1.
What is 25% of 20?
1.
2.
2 103
2.
2000
3.
3.
Solve for x: 12x = 36
4.
1 6
5.
.06
6.
1 = .50 2
4.
1 1
2 3
5.
Multiply three tenths by two tenths.
6.
1 Compare and .50. 2
7.
3x + 7x + 3y
8.
Solve for x: x2 = 25
7.
10x + 3y
9.
Express 0.08 as a fraction in simplest form.
8.
5, 5
9.
8 2 = 100 25
10. If you simplified
(3)(4)(7)(8)(2)(15), would your answer be positive or negative?
