STAAR Standards Snapshot - Grade 8 Math

(New TEKS 2014-15)

Source:TexasEducationAgencySTAARResources REV03/20/2014

MathematicalProcessStandards
8.1(A) 8.1(B) 8.1(C) 8.1(D) 8.1(E) 8.1(F) 8.1(G)
applymathematicsto
problemsarisingin
everydaylife,society,and
theworkplace
useaproblemsolving
modelthatincorporates
analyzinggiveninformation,
formulatingaplanor
strategy,determininga
solution,justifyingthe
solution,andevaluatingthe
problemsolvingprocess
andthereasonablenessof
thesolution
selecttools,includingreal
objects,manipulatives,
paperandpencil,and
technologyasappropriate,
andtechniques,including
mentalmath,estimation,
andnumbersenseas
appropriate,tosolve
problems
communicatemathematical
ideas,reasoning,andtheir
implicationsusingmultiple
representations,including
symbols,diagrams,graphs,
andlanguageas
appropriate
createanduse
representationstoorganize,
record,andcommunicate
mathematicalideas
analyzemathematical
relationshipstoconnect
andcommunicate
mathematicalideas
display,explain,andjustify
mathematicalideasand
argumentsusingprecise
mathematicallanguagein
writtenororal
communication

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8.2(D) orderasetofrealnumbersarisingfrommathematicalandreal
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8.2(A) extendpreviousknowledgeofsetsandsubsetsusingavisualrepresentationtodescriberelationshipsbetween
setsofrealnumbers
8.2(B) approximatethevalueofanirrationalnumber,includingandsquarerootsofnumberslessthan225,andlocate
thatrationalnumberapproximationonanumberline
8.2(C) convertbetweenstandarddecimalnotationandscientificnotation

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8.4(B) graphproportionalrelationships,interpretingtheunitrateas
theslopeofthelinethatmodelstherelationship
8.4(C) usedatafromatableorgraphtodeterminetherateofchange
orslopeandyinterceptinmathematicalandrealworld
problems
8.5(G) identifyfunctionsusingsetsoforderedpairs,tables,mappings,
andgraphs
8.5(I) writeanequationintheformy=mx+btomodelalinear
relationshipbetweentwoquantitiesusingverbal,numerical,
tabular,andgraphicalrepresentations
8.8(C) modelandsolveonevariableequationswithvariablesonboth
sidesoftheequalsignthatrepresentmathematicalandreal
worldproblemsusingrationalnumbercoefficientsand
constants

8.4(A) usesimilarrighttrianglestodevelopanunderstandingthatslope,m,givenastheratecomparingthechangein
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8.5(A) representlinearproportionalsituationswithtables,graphs,andequationsintheformofy=kx
8.5(B) representlinearnonproportionalsituationswithtables,graphs,andequationsintheformofy=mx+b,
whereb0
8.5(E) solveproblemsinvolvingdirectvariation
8.5(F) distinguishbetweenproportionalandnonproportionalsituationsusingtables,graphs,andequationsintheform
y=kxory=mx+b,whereb0
8.5(H) identifyexamplesofproportionalandnonproportionalfunctionsthatarisefrommathematicalandrealworld
problems
8.8(A) writeonevariableequationsorinequalitieswithvariablesonbothsidesthatrepresentproblemsusingrational
numbercoefficientsandconstants
8.8(B) writeacorrespondingrealworldproblemwhengivenaonevariableequationorinequalitywithvariableson
bothsidesoftheequalsignusingrationalnumbercoefficientsandconstants
8.9(A) identifyandverifythevaluesofxandythatsimultaneouslysatisfytwolinearequationsintheformy=mx+b
fromtheintersectionsofthegraphedequations

STAAR Standards Snapshot - Grade 8 Math

(New TEKS 2014-15)
Source:TexasEducationAgencySTAARResources REV03/20/2014

MathematicalProcessStandards
8.1(A) 8.1(B) 8.1(C) 8.1(D) 8.1(E) 8.1(F) 8.1(G)
applymathematicsto
problemsarisingin
everydaylife,society,and
theworkplace
useaproblemsolving
modelthatincorporates
analyzinggiveninformation,
formulatingaplanor
strategy,determininga
solution,justifyingthe
solution,andevaluatingthe
problemsolvingprocess
andthereasonablenessof
thesolution
selecttools,includingreal
objects,manipulatives,
paperandpencil,and
technologyasappropriate,
andtechniques,including
mentalmath,estimation,
andnumbersenseas
appropriate,tosolve
problems
communicatemathematical
ideas,reasoning,andtheir
implicationsusingmultiple
representations,including
symbols,diagrams,graphs,
andlanguageas
appropriate
createanduse
representationstoorganize,
record,andcommunicate
mathematicalideas
analyzemathematical
relationshipstoconnect
andcommunicate
mathematicalideas
display,explain,andjustify
mathematicalideasand
argumentsusingprecise
mathematicallanguagein
writtenororal
communication

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8.3(C) useanalgebraicrepresentationtoexplaintheeffectofagiven
positiverationalscalefactorappliedtotwodimensionalfigures
onacoordinateplanewiththeoriginasthecenterofdilation
8.7(A) solveproblemsinvolvingthevolumeofcylinders,cones,and
spheres
8.7(B) usepreviousknowledgeofsurfaceareatomakeconnectionsto
theformulasforlateralandtotalsurfaceareaanddetermine
solutionsforproblemsinvolvingrectangularprisms,triangular
prisms,andcylinders
8.7(C) usethePythagoreantheoremanditsconversetosolve
problems
8.10(C) explaintheeffectoftranslations,reflectionsoverthexor
yaxis,androtationslimitedto90,180,270,and360as
appliedtotwodimensionalshapesonacoordinateplaneusing
analgebraicrepresentation
8.3(A) generalizethattheratioofcorrespondingsidesofsimilarshapesareproportional,includingashapeandits
dilation
8.3(B) compareandcontrasttheattributesofashapeanditsdilation(s)onacoordinateplane
8.6(A) describethevolumeformulaV=Bhofacylinderintermsofitsbaseareaanditsheight
8.6(C) usemodelsanddiagramstoexplainthePythagoreantheorem
8.7(D) determinethedistancebetweentwopointsonacoordinateplaneusingthePythagoreantheorem
8.8(D) useinformalargumentstoestablishfactsabouttheanglesumandexteriorangleoftriangles,theanglescreated
whenparallellinesarecutbyatransversal,andtheangleanglecriterionforsimilarityoftriangles
8.10(A) generalizethepropertiesoforientationandcongruenceofrotations,reflections,translations,anddilationsof
twodimensionalshapesonacoordinateplane
8.10(B) differentiatebetweentransformationsthatpreservecongruenceandthosethatdonot
8.10(D) modeltheeffectonlinearandareameasurementsofdilatedtwodimensionalshapes
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8.6(B) modeltherelationshipbetweenthevolumeofacylinderandaconehavingbothcongruentbasesandheightsandconnectthatrelationshiptotheformulas
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8.5(D) useatrendlinethatapproximatesthelinearrelationship
betweenbivariatesetsofdatatomakepredictions
8.12(D) calculateandcomparesimpleinterestandcompoundinterest
earnings

8.5(C) contrastbivariatesetsofdatathatsuggestalinearrelationshipwithbivariatesetsofdatathatdonotsuggesta
linearrelationshipfromagraphicalrepresentation
8.11(A) constructascatterplotanddescribetheobserveddatatoaddressquestionsofassociationsuchaslinear,non
linear,andnoassociationbetweenbivariatedata
8.11(B) determinethemeanabsolutedeviationandusethisquantityasameasureoftheaveragedistancedataarefrom
themeanusingadatasetofnomorethan10datapoints
8.12(A) solverealworldproblemscomparinghowinterestrateandloanlengthaffectthecostofcredit
8.12(C) explainhowsmallamountsofmoneyinvestedregularly,includingmoneysavedforcollegeandretirement,grow
overtime
8.12(G) estimatethecostofatwoyearandfouryearcollegeeducation,includingfamilycontribution,anddevisea
periodicsavingsplanforaccumulatingthemoneyneededtocontributetothetotalcostofattendanceforatleast
thefirstyearofcollege
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8.11(C) simulategeneratingrandomsamplesofsamesizefromapopulationwithknowncharacteristicstodevelopthenotionofarandomsamplebeingrepresentativeofthe
populationfromwhichiswasselected
8.12(B) calculatethetotalcostofrepayingaloan,includingcreditcardsandeasyaccessloans,undervariousratesofinterestoverdifferentperiodsusinganonlinecalculator
8.12(E) identifyandexplaintheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofdifferentpaymentmethods
8.12(F) analyzesituationstodetermineiftheyrepresentfinanciallyresponsibledecisionsandidentifythebenefitsoffinancialresponsibilityandthecostsoffinancialirresponsibility
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