Class 8 Maths

Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers, and use the properties that make the work shorter.

Use the divisibility tests and letter-for-digit puzzles to find missing digits.

Square whole numbers and find the square roots of perfect squares.

Cube a number, recognise a perfect cube, and find a cube root by prime factorisation.

Work out powers and use the laws of exponents to simplify them.

Solve equations that have the unknown on both sides, and use them to answer word problems.

Use (a + b)², (a - b)² and a² - b² to expand brackets and to multiply quickly.

Break an algebraic expression into factors, and use those factors to divide one expression by another.

Work out a discount, a sale price, and the price once tax has been added.

Work out compound interest and the amount it grows to, and use the same idea for growth and depreciation.

Tell direct proportion from inverse proportion, and use each to find a missing quantity.

Work out the angles in a polygon and use the properties of parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles and squares.

Find areas of trapeziums and circles, and volumes and surface areas of cuboids and cylinders.

Group data into class intervals, read a histogram, and work out the angles in a pie chart.

Say how likely an event is, and write its probability as a fraction.

Plot and read points on a grid, read a line graph, and work out values from a simple linear relation.