State Curriculum - Mathematics

  
Grade 8
Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement: Students will identify attributes, units, or systems of measurements or apply a variety of techniques, formulas, tools or technology for determining measurements.
A. Measurement Units
B. Measurement Tools
C. Applications in Measurement
1. Estimate and apply measurement formulas
a. Estimate and determine the circumference or area of a circle
    Assessment limit:
  • Include circles using rational numbers with no more than 2 decimal places (0 – 10,000)
b. Estimate and determine area of a composite figure
    Assessment limit:
  • Include composite figures with no more than 6 polygons (triangles, rectangles, or circles) by measuring, partitioning, or using formulas with whole number dimensions (0 - 10,000)
c. Estimate and determine the volume of a cylinder
    Assessment limit:
  • Use cylinders, given the formula, and whole number dimensions (0-10,000)
d. Determine the volume of cones, pyramids, and spheres
e. Determine the surface area of cylinders, prisms, and pyramids
2. Analyze measurement relationships
a. Use proportional reasoning to solve measurement problems
 

Note: Highlighted assessment limits will be tested in the no calculator section of MSA. In the assessment limit, (0-10) or (-10 to 10) means all numbers in the problem or the answer will fall within the range of 0 to 10 (including endpoints) or -10 to 10 (including endpoints), respectively. All content standards are tested in MSA but not all objectives. Objectives that have an assessment limit are tested on MSA. Objectives without an assessment limit are not tested on MSA.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

June 2004