Before 8th Grade, there is an expected mastery of…
- Basic math facts: add, subtract, multiply, divide. Use flash cards.
- Add, subtract, multiply, divide positives and negatives. Especially comfort with using negative numbers.
- Fraction to decimal to percent conversion and usage
- Greatest common factor (GCF)
- Equivalent fractions, reduction of fractions to lowest terms
- Quick recall of basic math facts to convert and use fractions correctly and efficiently
- Cross reduction of fractions
- Use of exponents correctly with fractions and negative numbers
- Graphing of functions
- Order of operations
- Use of inequalities, especially with positives, negatives and fractions
- Commutative, associative, distributive properties
- Fractions, fractions, fractions.
