Year 8

Outcomes

Number and Algebra
- Number and place value
  - VCMNA272
    Use index notation with numbers to establish the index laws with positive integral indices and the zero index
    
    Play Activities 18
    
    Examples
  - VCMNA273
    Carry out the four operations with rational numbers and integers, using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies and make estimates for these computations
    
    Play Activities 262
    
    Examples
- Real numbers
  - VCMNA275
    Investigate the concept of irrational numbers, including pi
    
    Play Activities 1
    
    Examples
  - VCMNA276
    Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases, with and without digital technologies
    
    Play Activities 16
    
    Examples
  - VCMNA277
    Solve a range of problems involving rates and ratios, including distance-time problems for travel at a constant speed, with and without digital technologies
    
    Play Activities 113
    
    Examples
- Money and financial mathematics
  - VCMNA278
    Solve problems involving profit and loss, with and without digital technologies
    
    Play Activities 4
    
    Examples
- Patterns and algebra
  - VCMNA279
    Extend and apply the distributive law to the expansion of algebraic expressions
    
    Play Activities 15
    
    Examples
  - VCMNA281
    Simplify algebraic expressions involving the four operations
    
    Play Activities 22
    
    Examples
- Linear and non-linear relationships
  - VCMNA283
    Plot linear relationships on the Cartesian plane with and without the use of digital technologies
    
    Play Activities 20
    
    Examples
  - VCMNA284
    Solve linear equations using algebraic and graphical techniques. Verify solutions by substitution
    
    Play Activities 36
    
    Examples
Measurement and Geometry
- Using units of measurement
  - VCMMG286
    Choose appropriate units of measurement for area and volume and convert from one unit to another
    
    Play Activities 31
    
    Examples
  - VCMMG287
    Find perimeters and areas of parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses and kites
    
    Play Activities 26
    
    Examples
  - VCMMG288
    Investigate the relationship between features of circles such as circumference, area, radius and diameter. Use formulas to solve problems involving determining radius, diameter, circumference and area from each other
    
    Play Activities 23
    
    Examples
  - VCMMG289
    Develop the formulas for volumes of rectangular and triangular prisms and prisms in general. Use formulas to solve problems involving volume
    
    Play Activities 9
    
    Examples
- Geometric reasoning
  - VCMMG292
    Develop the conditions for congruence of triangles
    
    Play Activities 5
    
    Examples
  - VCMMG293
    Establish properties of quadrilaterals using congruent triangles and angle properties, and solve related numerical problems using reasoning
    
    Play Activities 10
    
    Examples
Statistics and Probability
- Data representation and interpretation
  - VCMSP300
    Investigate the effect of individual data values , including outliers, on the range, mean and median
    
    Play Activities 2
    
    Examples