This document provides an outline for a grade 8 mathematics exam covering topics in geometry including proofs, parallel and perpendicular lines, rigid motions, tessellations, triangle congruence, and coordinate geometry. The exam will consist of 25 multiple choice questions worth 5 marks each, for a total of 100 possible marks. Calculators will not be allowed and students must answer the best 20 out of 25 questions correctly to receive full marks.
This document provides an outline for a grade 8 mathematics exam covering topics in geometry including proofs, parallel and perpendicular lines, rigid motions, tessellations, triangle congruence, and coordinate geometry. The exam will consist of 25 multiple choice questions worth 5 marks each, for a total of 100 possible marks. Calculators will not be allowed and students must answer the best 20 out of 25 questions correctly to receive full marks.
This document provides an outline for a grade 8 mathematics exam covering topics in geometry including proofs, parallel and perpendicular lines, rigid motions, tessellations, triangle congruence, and coordinate geometry. The exam will consist of 25 multiple choice questions worth 5 marks each, for a total of 100 possible marks. Calculators will not be allowed and students must answer the best 20 out of 25 questions correctly to receive full marks.
Grade 8 ** (as it appears in the SoW) Example(s) Page(s)
Stream Elite 1. Disprove conjectures by using counterexamples. 18.-23. 708 Number of 2. Identify hypotheses and conclusions of conditional statements and write related conditionals. 7.-17. 717 25 Questions 3. Apply the Law of Detachment to determine the validity of conclusions. 7.-11. 725 Type of Multiple 5.-10. 735 4. Analyze figures to identify and use postulates about points, lines, and planes. Questions Choice 29.-30. 738 Calculator NOT Allowed 5. Prove theorems about line segments by using properties of segment congruence. 1.-3. 794 Marks per Prove theorems about angles by using the Angle Addition Postulate. 5 6. 27.-31. 756 Question Prove theorems about angles by using properties and theorems of angle congruence. Maximum 7. Find values by applying theorems about parallel lines and transversals. 32.-37. 762 100* Overall Grade 8. Classify lines as parallel, perpendicular, or neither by comparing the equations of the lines. 22.-25. 772 Exam Duration 120 minutes 7.-9. 771 9. Classify lines as parallel, perpendicular, or neither by comparing the equations of the lines. Mode of 32.-34. 773 SwiftAssess Implementation 10. Apply angle relationship theorems to identify parallel lines and find missing values. 7.-13. 779 11. Use perpendicular lines to find the distance between a point and a line. 18.-20. 790 Notes: 12. Use rigid motions to reflect figures on the coordinate plane and describe the effects of the reflections. 1.-4. 801 * Best 20 answers out of 25 13. Determine the translation vector. 8.-14. 806 will count. Example: 14 14. Use rigid motions to rotate figures about points that are not the origin and describe the effects of the rotations. 1.-7. 809 correct answers yield a 15. Determine the image of a figure after a composition of transformations. 5.-8. 815 grade of 70/100, while 20 16. Determine the image of a figure after a composition of transformations. 25.-28. 817 and 23 correct answers yield 17. Determine whether given polygons tessellate the plane and describe transformations used to create tessellations. 6.-8. 823 a (full) grade of 100/100 18. Use rotational symmetry to describe the rotations that carry a figure onto itself. 27.-31. 832 each. 19. Prove the Exterior Angle Theorem and apply the theorem to solve problems. 9.-17. 843-844 ** Questions might appear in a Use the SSS congruence criterion for triangles to solve problems and prove relationships in geometric figures. 17.-20. 861 20. different order in the actual Use the SAS congruence criterion for triangles to solve problems and prove relationships in geometric figures. 27., 31. 861-862 exam. 21. Use the SSS congruence criterion for triangles to solve problems and prove relationships in geometric figures. 6.-8. 894-895 22. Use the AAS congruence criterion for triangles to prove relationships in geometric figures. 9.-11. 895 23. Use the right triangle congruence theorems to prove relationships in geometric figures. 4.-9 873 24. Solve problems involving isosceles triangles. 20.-24. 881 25. Position a triangle on the coordinate plane and label the vertices. 25.-30. 892