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Grade 8 Math Assessment

On Monday, June 29, we will be writing an assessment to help determine the best placement for you in grade 8 math. I have included a number of blogs that will link you to practice and review at math is fun. don't forget to do the practice questions at the bottom of the math is fun page. If you click on Grade 8 Assessment Review in the list of Labels on the right of the blog, it will bring up all the relevant review pages.

This test does NOT count for marks for your grade 7 year. It is only one tool that will be used to for placement next year.

Constructing an Angle Bisector

Click here for an animation of how to construct an angle bisector with a compass and ruler. You need to know how to do this for the test. We practiced this in class today.

Review for Algebra Test

Here are a few resources to help you study for the algebra retest. the test will be Monday, December 15.

• A video from Khan Academy (Note: when Khan gets to 3x = 12, he multiplies both sides by 1/3 to get x = 4. We have been dividing each side by 3 to get the same results. But as Khan explains, multiplying the number by 1/3 and dividing a number by 3 are the same thing).
  
• Math is fun: Click on this link and scroll down near the bottom of the page and look at the real world example. They solve 3x + 9 = 45 exactly the same way I want you to for the test.
  
• Click here for a digital copy of the review booklet

History of Mathematics

Statistics and Probability

make sure you can define and find the mean, median, mode, and range for a set of data: link

make sure you can determine probabilities for rolling a single die, flipping a coin, and having a boy or a girl: link