Download Grade 7/8 Comparison of Curriculum Content

Regina Public Schools
Teaching Grade 7/8 Math
“Comparison of Curriculum Content”
Grade 7
Grade 8
Number
Division: divisibility strategies and analysis
of division involving zero
Add/subtract integers
Percent (fractional percents between 1%
and 100%)
Add/subtract fractions and mixed
numbers, like and unlike denominators
Add/subtract/multiply/divide decimals
Number
The square and principal square roots of
whole numbers
Multiply/divide integers
Percents (greater than or equal to 0%,
fractional and decimal percents)
Multiply/divide fractions and mixed
numbers
Patterns and Relations
Oral and written patterns, graphs and linear
relations
Expressions and equations (distinguishing
between, evaluating, verifying solutions)
One/two-step linear equations (modeling
and explaining the solution)
One-step linear equations (modeling and
solving problems)
Shape and Space
Circles (circumference, central angles)
Area of triangles, parallelograms, circles
(formulas)
Lines and angles (2-D relationships)
Transformations (translations, rotations,
reflections in all four quadrants of the
Cartesian plane)
Cartesian plane and ordered pairs (all four
quadrants)
Statistics and Probability
Circle graphs
Measures of central tendency (mean,
median, mode) and range
Theoretical and experimental probabilities
(two independent events, combined
sample space has 36 or fewer elements)
LJDH/2011
Rates, ratios and proportional reasoning
Patterns and Relations
Linear relations
Linear equations (model and solve
problems)
Shape and Space
Pythagorean Theorem
Surface area (3-D objects – right prisms,
cylinders)
Volume (right prisms, cylinders)
Tessellations (explaining, the properties,
creating, identifying)
Statistics and Probability
Analyze modes of displaying data and
reasonableness of conclusions
Probability (independent events)