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Books in the growing Let's Prepare series introduce eighth-grade students to the new assessment examinations administered by the New York State Board of Regents, and taken by eighth-graders in schools throughout the state. Line art, photos, and numerous user-friendly features combine with practice and review quizzes to make these titles appealing to students while guiding them toward good test scores. Teachers will find that these manuals can sharpen and focus their students' knowledge of each test subject. This new title presents a review of all required math topics plus one practice test with questions answered and explained.

The Test

1

(4)

Scoring

1

(1)

Test-Taking Tips

2

(1)

Sample Questions

3

(2)

Our Number System

5

(12)

Number Sets

5

(1)

Properties of Numbers

6

(1)

Operations on Integers

7

(3)

Order of Operations

10

(1)

Divisibility Rules

10

(1)

Prime Factorization and Exponents

11

(1)

Scientific Notation

11

(1)

Test Your Skills

12

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

14

(3)

Measurement

17

(8)

Customary System

17

(2)

Metric System

19

(1)

Converting Between Systems

20

(1)

Test Your Skills

21

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

23

(2)

Fractions, Decimals, And Percents

25

(16)

Changing Fractions to Decimals

25

(1)

Changing Fractions to Percents

26

(1)

Changing Decimals to Percents

26

(1)

Ordering Fractions

27

(2)

Ratio and Proportion

29

(1)

Solving Percent Problems

30

(1)

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

31

(2)

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

33

(2)

Test Your Skills

35

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

37

(4)

Geometry

41

(20)

Lines

41

(1)

Angles

42

(2)

Two-Dimensional Figures

44

(4)

Three-Dimensional Figures

48

(1)

Similarity and Congruence

48

(2)

Interior Angles of Polygons

50

(1)

Basic Geometric Constructions

51

(3)

Test Your Skills

54

(3)

Test Your Skills Solutions

57

(4)

Perimeter, Area, And Volume

61

(20)

Perimeter

61

(2)

Area

63

(6)

Surface Area

69

(3)

Volume

72

(1)

Test Your Skills

73

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

75

(6)

Trigonometry

81

(13)

Pythagorean Theorem

81

(2)

Trigonometric Functions

83

(4)

Test Your Skills

87

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

89

(5)

Transformations

94

(14)

Translation

94

(2)

Reflection

96

(4)

Rotation

100

(1)

Dilation

101

(1)

Test Your Skills

102

(3)

Test Your Skills Solutions

105

(3)

Equations and Problem Solving

108

(12)

Solving Equations

108

(3)

Writing Equations from Problems

111

(1)

Problem Solving

112

(2)

Test Your Skills

114

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

116

(4)

Graphing

120

(16)

Graphing Equalities and Inequalities on the Number Line

120

(1)

Graphing on the Coordinate System

121

(8)

Test Your Skills

129

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

131

(5)

Probability and Statistics

136

(19)

Probability

136

(4)

Combinations and Permutations

140

(2)

Counting Principle

142

(2)

Sample-Based Probability

144

(1)

Statistics

145

(4)

Test Your Skills

149

(2)

Test Your Skills Solutions

151

(4)

Sample Test and Solutions

155

(21)

About the Test

155

(1)

The Sample Test

156

(20)

Sample Test Solutions

176

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Let's Prepare for the Grade 8 Math Test

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