Source:TexasEducationAgencySTAARResources REV02/03/2014

STAAR Standards Snapshot - Grade 8 Math

(New TEKS 2014-15)

MathematicalProcessStandards
8.1(A) 8.1(B) 8.1(C) 8.1(D) 8.1(E) 8.1(F) 8.1(G)
apply
mathematics
toproblems
arisingin
everydaylife,
society,and
theworkplace
useaproblemsolvingmodel
thatincorporatesanalyzing
giveninformation,formulatinga
planorstrategy,determininga
solution,justifyingthesolution,
andevaluatingtheproblem
solvingprocessandthe
reasonablenessofthesolution
selecttools,includingreal
objects,manipulatives,paperand
pencil,andtechnologyas
appropriate,andtechniques,
includingmentalmath,
estimation,andnumbersenseas
appropriate,tosolveproblems
communicatemathematical
ideas,reasoning,andtheir
implicationsusingmultiple
representations,including
symbols,diagrams,graphs,
andlanguageasappropriate
createanduse
representations
toorganize,
record,and
communicate
mathematical
ideas
analyze
mathematical
relationships
toconnectand
communicate
mathematical
ideas
display,explain,and
justifymathematical
ideasandarguments
usingprecise
mathematical
languageinwritten
ororal
communication

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8.2(D) orderasetofrealnumbersarisingfrom
mathematicalandrealworldcontexts
8.2(A) extendpreviousknowledgeofsetsandsubsetsusingavisualrepresentationtodescribe
relationshipsbetweensetsofrealnumbers
8.2(B) approximatethevalueofanirrationalnumber,includingandsquarerootsofnumbers
lessthan225,andlocatethatrationalnumberapproximationonanumberline
8.2(C) convertbetweenstandarddecimalnotationandscientificnotation

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8.4(B) graphproportionalrelationships,
interpretingtheunitrateastheslopeofthe
linethatmodelstherelationship
8.4(C) usedatafromatableorgraphtodetermine
therateofchangeorslopeandyinterceptin
mathematicalandrealworldproblems
8.5(G) identifyfunctionsusingsetsoforderedpairs,
tables,mappings,andgraphs
8.5(I) writeanequationintheformy=mx+bto
modelalinearrelationshipbetweentwo
quantitiesusingverbal,numerical,tabular,
andgraphicalrepresentations
8.8(C) modelandsolveonevariableequationswith
variablesonbothsidesoftheequalsignthat
representmathematicalandrealworld
problemsusingrationalnumbercoefficients
andconstants

8.4(A) usesimilarrighttrianglestodevelopanunderstandingthatslope,m,givenastherate
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8.5(A) representlinearproportionalsituationswithtables,graphs,andequationsintheformof
y=kx
8.5(B) representlinearnonproportionalsituationswithtables,graphs,andequationsinthe
formofy=mx+b,whereb0
8.5(E) solveproblemsinvolvingdirectvariation
8.5(F) distinguishbetweenproportionalandnonproportionalsituationsusingtables,graphs,
andequationsintheformy=kxory=mx+b,whereb0
8.5(H) identifyexamplesofproportionalandnonproportionalfunctionsthatarisefrom
mathematicalandrealworldproblems
8.8(A) writeonevariableequationsorinequalitieswithvariablesonbothsidesthatrepresent
problemsusingrationalnumbercoefficientsandconstants
8.8(B) writeacorrespondingrealworldproblemwhengivenaonevariableequationor
inequalitywithvariablesonbothsidesoftheequalsignusingrationalnumber
coefficientsandconstants
8.9(A) identifyandverifythevaluesofxandythatsimultaneouslysatisfytwolinearequations
intheformy=mx+bfromtheintersectionsofthegraphedequations
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8.3(C) useanalgebraicrepresentationtoexplain
theeffectofagivenpositiverationalscale
factorappliedtotwodimensionalfigureson
acoordinateplanewiththeoriginasthe
centerofdilation
8.7(A) solveproblemsinvolvingthevolumeof
cylinders,cones,andspheres
8.7(B) usepreviousknowledgeofsurfaceareato
makeconnectionstotheformulasforlateral
andtotalsurfaceareaanddetermine
solutionsforproblemsinvolvingrectangular
prisms,triangularprisms,andcylinders
8.7(C) usethePythagoreantheoremandits
conversetosolveproblems
8.10(C) explaintheeffectoftranslations,reflections
overthexoryaxis,androtationslimitedto
90,180,270,and360asappliedtotwo
dimensionalshapesonacoordinateplane
usinganalgebraicrepresentation
8.3(A) generalizethattheratioofcorrespondingsidesofsimilarshapesareproportional,
includingashapeanditsdilation
8.3(B) compareandcontrasttheattributesofashapeanditsdilation(s)onacoordinateplane
8.6(A) describethevolumeformulaV=Bhofacylinderintermsofitsbaseareaanditsheight
8.6(C) usemodelsanddiagramstoexplainthePythagoreantheorem
8.7(D) determinethedistancebetweentwopointsonacoordinateplaneusingthePythagorean
theorem
8.8(D) useinformalargumentstoestablishfactsabouttheanglesumandexteriorangleof
triangles,theanglescreatedwhenparallellinesarecutbyatransversal,andtheangle
anglecriterionforsimilarityoftriangles
8.10(A) generalizethepropertiesoforientationandcongruenceofrotations,reflections,
translations,anddilationsoftwodimensionalshapesonacoordinateplane
8.10(B) differentiatebetweentransformationsthatpreservecongruenceandthosethatdonot
8.10(D) modeltheeffectonlinearandareameasurementsofdilatedtwodimensionalshapes
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8.5(D) useatrendlinethatapproximatesthelinear
relationshipbetweenbivariatesetsofdata
tomakepredictions
8.12(D) calculateandcomparesimpleinterestand
compoundinterestearnings

8.5(C) contrastbivariatesetsofdatathatsuggestalinearrelationshipwithbivariatesetsofdata
thatdonotsuggestalinearrelationshipfromagraphicalrepresentation
8.11(A) constructascatterplotanddescribetheobserveddatatoaddressquestionsof
associationsuchaslinear,nonlinear,andnoassociationbetweenbivariatedata
8.11(B) determinethemeanabsolutedeviationandusethisquantityasameasureofthe
averagedistancedataarefromthemeanusingadatasetofnomorethan10datapoints
8.12(A) solverealworldproblemscomparinghowinterestrateandloanlengthaffectthecostof
credit
8.12(C) explainhowsmallamountsofmoneyinvestedregularly,includingmoneysavedfor
collegeandretirement,growovertime
8.12(G) estimatethecostofatwoyearandfouryearcollegeeducation,includingfamily
contribution,anddeviseaperiodicsavingsplanforaccumulatingthemoneyneededto
contributetothetotalcostofattendanceforatleastthefirstyearofcollege
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