Barron's New York State Grade 8 Intermediate Level Math Test

by Szczesny, Anne M.

• ISBN13: 9780764133961
• ISBN10: 0764133969
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep

Summary

This revised and updated test preparation manual reviews all Grade 8 math topics covered on the New York State Math Assessment test. They include the number system; measurement; fractions, decimals, and percents; the basics of geometry and trigonometry; transformations; equations; and graphing. This book also presents one sample test with solutions to all problems. Enlightening diagrams and line illustrations appear throughout the book.

Table of Contents

The Test	1	(6)
Scoring	2	(1)
Test-Taking Tips	2	(1)
Sample Questions	3	(4)
Numbers and Operations	7	(16)
Number Sets	7	(2)
Properties of Operations	9	(1)
Absolute Value	10	(1)
Operations on Integers	11	(2)
Order of Operations	13	(1)
Adding and Subtracting Fractions	14	(2)
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions	16	(2)
Divisibility Rules	18	(1)
Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple	19	(1)
Prime Numbers, Composite Numbers, and Exponents	20	(1)
Scientific Notation	20	(1)
Test Your Skills	21	(2)
Patterns and Functions	23	(14)
Writing Expressions	23	(1)
Evaluating Expressions	24	(1)
Writing Expressions and Equations from Data	25	(4)
Equations and Inequalities	29	(1)
Solving Equations	29	(2)
Solving Inequalities	31	(1)
Writing Equations from Word Problems	32	(3)
Test Your Skills	35	(2)
Ratio, Proportion, and Percent	37	(14)
Ratio and Proportion	37	(4)
Changing Fractions to Decimals	41	(1)
Changing Decimals to Percents	42	(1)
Changing Fractions to Percents	42	(1)
Solving Percent Problems	43	(4)
Interest	47	(1)
Test Your Skills	48	(3)
Measurement	51	(8)
Customary System	51	(1)
Metric System	52	(2)
Converting Between Systems	54	(1)
Temperature Conversion	54	(2)
Monetary Conversion	56	(1)
Test Your Skills	57	(2)
Monomials and Polynomials	59	(14)
Adding Polynomials	59	(1)
Subtracting Polynomials	60	(1)
Laws of Exponents	60	(3)
Multiplying a Monomial by a Monomial	63	(1)
Multiplying a Binomial by a Monomial	63	(1)
Squaring a Monomial	64	(1)
Multiplying a Binomial by a Binomial	64	(2)
Squaring a Binomial	66	(2)
Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial	68	(1)
Factoring Algebraic Expressions	69	(1)
Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax2 + bx + c	70	(2)
Test Your Skills	72	(1)
Geometry	73	(22)
Lines	73	(1)
Angles	74	(3)
Plane Figures	77	(1)
Right Triangles	78	(3)
Quadrilaterals	81	(2)
Other Polygons	83	(1)
Interior Angles of Polygons	84	(3)
Circle	87	(1)
Similarity and Congruence	88	(2)
Test Your Skills	90	(5)
Graphing	95	(16)
Graphing on the Coordinate System	95	(1)
Plotting Points	96	(1)
Graphing Lines	97	(1)
Slope	98	(3)
Writing Equations of Lines	101	(5)
Descriptive Graphs	106	(1)
Test Your Skills	107	(4)
Transformations	111	(20)
Translation	111	(5)
Symmetry	116	(2)
Reflection	118	(3)
Rotation	121	(3)
Dilation	124	(3)
Test Your Skills	127	(4)
Sample Test 1	131	(10)
Sample Test 2	141	(10)
Test Your Skills Solutions	151	(18)
Solutions to Sample Test 1	169	(12)
Solutions to Sample Test 2	181