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Math 8/Pre-Algebra

Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Math 8/Pre-Algebra
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 6 and 8

Synopsis of Curriculum

Students will develop an understanding of rational and irrational numbers while simplifying expressions with radical and integer exponents.  Students will solve linear equations as well as systems of linear equations along with analyzing, interpreting and comparing functions.  Analyzing data focuses on bivariate data and two-way tables. Geometric concepts include Pythagorean Theorem, transformations and volume.  This course is a pre-requisite for Algebra I. 

Units of Study Titles

Real Number System

Properties of Exponents

Equations and Expressions

Functions

Analyzing Data

Systems of Equations

Transformations

Volume