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    • ▾8th grade
      • ▸Numbers and operations
        • •Irrational numbers
        • •Evaluating square roots of small perfect squares
        • •Approximating square roots
        • •Evaluating cube roots of small perfect cubes
        • •Negative bases
        • •Negative exponents
        • •Approximating with powers of 10
        • •Proving properties of even, odd, and square numbers
        • •Divisibility with sums and differences
        • •Proving the divisibility rules for 7 and 13
        • •1089 trick
      • ▸Properties of exponents
        • •Power of a power rule for exponents
        • •Power of a product rule for exponents
        • •Power of a quotient rule for exponents
        • •Product of powers rule for exponents
        • •Quotient of powers rule for exponents
        • •Multi-step problems, properties of exponents
        • •Simplifying square roots of decimals and fractions
      • ▸Scientific notation
        • •Intro to scientific notation
        • •Converting between scientific notation and standard form
        • •Comparing numbers in scientific notation
        • •Adding and subtracting in scientific notation
        • •Multiplying and dividing in scientific notation
        • •Scientific notation, multi-step word problems
      • ▾Linear functions and equations
        • •Mentally solving certain multi-step equations
        • •Number of solutions to linear equations
        • •Finding the equation of a line
        • •Graphing proportional relationships
        • •Analyzing graphs of step functions
        • •Intro to functions
        • •Slope-intercept form
        • •Slope-intercept form from word problems
        • •Understanding slope with similar triangles
        • •Solving multi-step equations
      • ▸Linear systems of equations in two variables
        • •Testing solutions to linear systems of equations in two variables
        • •Solving linear systems of equations in two variables by graphing
        • •Solving linear systems of equations in two variables by substitution
        • •Solving linear systems of equations in two variables by elimination
        • •Number of solutions to a system of equations algebraically
        • •Solving linear systems of equations in two variables by any method
        • •Age problems
      • ▸Geometry
        • •Deriving the surface area and volume formulas for spheres
        • •Changing linear dimensions
        • •Congruent figures
        • •Corresponding angle theorems
        • •Converse of the corresponding angle theorems
        • •Proving lines are parallel
        • •Pythagorean theorem
        • •Missing square puzzle
        • •Finding the diagonal length of a rectangle
        • •Pythagorean triples
        • •Proving the inverse Pythagorean theorem
        • •Pythagorean inequality theorem
        • •Distance formula
        • •Volume
        • •Midpoint formula
        • •Symmetry
      • ▸Geometric transformations
        • •Dilating lines
        • •Dilating polygons
        • •Scaling along an axis
        • •Reflecting across axes
        • •Rigid transformations
      • ▸Data and modeling
        • •Estimating the line of best fit
        • •Making and describing scatter plots
     › 8th grade › Linear functions and equations

    Slope-intercept form from word problems

    Students will learn how to infer a slope-intercept equation from a word problem.

    Next, give your students these challenges:

    • Rectangles with Dominoes by NRICH
    • Calendar Cubes by NRICH

    Conclude by leading this investigation:

    Lichen Puzzles – multiplication and subtraction
    by MathPickle

    Lessons and practice problems