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Skills available for Nebraska eighth-grade math standards
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MA 8.1 Number
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MA.8.1.1 Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among real numbers within the base-ten number system.
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MA 8.1.1.a Determine subsets of numbers as natural, whole, integer, rational, irrational, or real, based on the definitions of these sets of numbers.
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MA 8.1.1.b Represent numbers with positive and negative exponents and in scientific notation.
- Evaluate exponents (8-D.2)
- Exponents with negative bases (8-D.4)
- Exponents with decimal and fractional bases (8-D.5)
- Understanding negative exponents (8-D.6)
- Evaluate negative exponents (8-D.7)
- Convert between standard and scientific notation (8-E.1)
- Scientific notation on calculators (8-E.2)
- Compare numbers written in scientific notation (8-E.3)
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MA 8.1.1.c Describe the difference between a rational and irrational number.
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MA 8.1.1.d Approximate, compare, and order real numbers (both rational and irrational) and order real numbers both off and on the number line.
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MA 8.1.2 Students will compute with exponents and roots.
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MA 8.1.2.a Evaluate the square roots of perfect squares less than or equal to 400 and cube roots of perfect cubes less than or equal to 125.
- Square roots of perfect squares (8-F.1)
- Positive and negative square roots (8-F.3)
- Relationship between squares and square roots (8-F.5)
- Solve equations using square roots (8-F.6)
- Cube roots of positive perfect cubes (8-F.7)
- Solve equations using cube roots (8-F.9)
- Identify rational and irrational square roots (8-I.1)
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MA 8.1.2.b Simplify numerical expressions involving exponents and roots (e.g., 4(-2) is the same as 1/16).
- Evaluate exponents (8-D.2)
- Exponents with negative bases (8-D.4)
- Exponents with decimal and fractional bases (8-D.5)
- Understanding negative exponents (8-D.6)
- Evaluate negative exponents (8-D.7)
- Multiplication with exponents (8-D.9)
- Division with exponents (8-D.10)
- Multiplication and division with exponents (8-D.11)
- Power rule (8-D.12)
- Evaluate expressions using properties of exponents (8-D.13)
- Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents I (8-D.14)
- Identify equivalent expressions involving exponents II (8-D.15)
- Square roots of perfect squares (8-F.1)
- Positive and negative square roots (8-F.3)
- Cube roots of positive perfect cubes (8-F.7)
- Cube roots of positive and negative perfect cubes (8-F.8)
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MA 8.1.2.c Simplify numerical expressions involving absolute value.
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MA 8.1.2.d Multiply and divide numbers using scientific notation.
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MA 8.1.2.e Estimate and check reasonableness of answers using appropriate strategies and tools.
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MA 8.2 Algebra
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MA 8.2.1 Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships with expressions, equations, and inequalities.
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MA 8.2.1.a Create algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities (e.g., two-step, one variable) from word phrases, tables, and pictures.
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MA 8.2.1.b Determine and describe the rate of change for given situations through the use of tables and graphs.
- Find the constant of proportionality from a table (8-K.1)
- Identify proportional relationships by graphing (8-K.3)
- Find the constant of proportionality from a graph (8-K.4)
- Find the slope of a graph (8-AA.1)
- Find the slope from two points (8-AA.2)
- Rate of change: tables (8-BB.6)
- Constant rate of change (8-BB.8)
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MA 8.2.1.c Describe equations and linear graphs as having one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions.
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MA 8.2.1.d Graph proportional relationships and interpret the slope.
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MA 8.2.2 Students will apply the operational properties when evaluating expressions and solving expressions, equations, and inequalities.
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MA 8.2.2.a Solve multi-step equations involving rational numbers with the same variable appearing on both sides of the equal sign.
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MA 8.2.2.b Solve two-step inequalities involving rational numbers and represent solutions on a number line.
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MA 8.2.3 Students will solve real-world problems involving multi-step equations and multi-step inequalities.
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MA 8.2.3.a Describe and write equations from words, patterns, and tables.
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MA 8.2.3.b Write a multi-step equation to represent real-world problems using rational numbers in any form.
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MA 8.2.3.c Solve real-world multi-step problems involving rational numbers in any form.
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MA 8.3 Geometry
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MA 8.3.1 Students will identify and describe geometric characteristics of two-dimensional shapes.
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MA 8.3.1.a Determine and use the relationships of the interior angles of a triangle to solve for missing measures.
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MA 8.3.1.b Identify and apply geometric properties of parallel lines cut by a transversal and the resulting corresponding, alternate interior, and alternate exterior angles to find missing measures.
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MA 8.3.2 Students will determine location, orientation, and relationships on the coordinate plane.
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MA 8.3.2.a Perform and describe positions and orientation of shapes under single transformations including rotations (in multiples of 90 degrees about the origin), translations, reflections, and dilations on and off the coordinate plane.
- Translations: find the coordinates (8-R.7)
- Translations: write the rule (8-R.8)
- Reflections over the x- and y-axes: find the coordinates (8-R.10)
- Reflections: find the coordinates (8-R.12)
- Rotations: find the coordinates (8-R.14)
- Reflections and rotations: write the rule (8-R.)
- Describe transformations (8-R.)
- Sequences of congruence transformations: graph the image (8-R.15)
- Dilations: graph the image (8-S.2)
- Dilations: find the coordinates (8-S.3)
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MA 8.3.2.b Find congruent two-dimensional figures and define congruence in terms of a series of transformations.
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MA 8.3.2.c Find similar two-dimensional figures and define similarity in terms of a series of transformations.
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MA 8.3.3 Students will perform and compare measurements and apply formulas.
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MA 8.3.3.a Explain a model of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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MA 8.3.3.b Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find side lengths of triangles and to solve real-world problems.
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MA 8.3.3.c Find the distance between any two points on the coordinate plane using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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MA 8.3.3.d Determine the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres, and solve real-world problems using volumes.
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Checkpoint opportunity
- Checkpoint: Congruence transformations (8-R.20)
- Checkpoint: Similarity transformations (8-S.10)
- Checkpoint: Transformations on the coordinate plane (8-S.11)
- Checkpoint: Pythagorean theorem and its converse (8-T.7)
- Checkpoint: Volume (8-V.18)
- Checkpoint: Triangles and transversals (8)
- Checkpoint: Applications of the Pythagorean theorem (8)
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MA 8.4 Data
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MA 8.4.1 Students will create displays that represent data.
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MA 8.4.1.a Represent bivariate data (i.e. ordered pairs) using scatter plots.
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MA 8.4.2 Students will analyze data to address the situation.
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MA 8.4.2.a Solve problems and make predictions using an approximate line of best fit.
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