8Year 8 Maths

Year 8 Maths Tests

Develop mathematical fluency and reasoning. Year 8 builds on foundations to introduce more sophisticated concepts and methods.

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What's Covered in Year 8?

Year 8 is the crucial middle year of KS3. Pupils develop fluency with algebraic manipulation, extend their understanding of proportional reasoning, and begin working with more complex geometry.

Key Developments

  • From simple equations to equations with unknowns on both sides
  • From recognising patterns to finding and using nth term rules
  • From simple percentages to percentage change and comparisons
  • From basic probability to combined events and sample spaces

Year 8 Topics

Negative Numbers

Operations with negative integers in context

Powers & Roots

Squares, cubes, square roots, index notation

Ratio & Proportion

Simplifying ratios, dividing in a ratio, direct proportion

Percentages

Percentage increase/decrease, percentage of amount

Algebraic Manipulation

Expanding brackets, factorising, collecting terms

Linear Equations

Solving equations with unknowns on both sides

Sequences

Arithmetic sequences, nth term

Straight Line Graphs

y = mx + c, gradients, intercepts

Angles in Polygons

Interior and exterior angles, tessellation

Area & Circumference

Circles, sectors, compound shapes

Volume

Prisms, cylinders, composite solids

Probability

Sample space, experimental probability, events

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