Category Archives: 8 Mathematics

We’ll be writing two end of year tests, one (the no-calculator paper) on Tuesday, May 28th, and the second (the calculator paper) on Thursday, May 30th. Good luck!

On Monday, April 29th we’ll have a test on Angles (Chapter 7).

In class we discussed the result that every quadrilateral will tessellate, and it’s easy to use GeoGebra to create these tessellating patterns. Follow the steps below to create your own tessellation! Open GeoGebra and choose Geometry from the list of … Continue reading →

On Monday, March 11th we’ll have a test on percentages (Chapter 9).

As announced in class on Monday, we’ll have a test on integers this Thursday, February 14th. Update: As announced today, the test has been postponed until Friday, February 15th.

On Thursday, January 31st we’ll have a test on Chapter 5. Good luck!

On Thursday, December 20th we’ll have a test on Chapter 4. Good luck!

On Monday, November 12th we’ll have a test on Chapter 2. Good luck!

Recently in class we’ve been looking at calculating powers and roots. Powers of 10 are particularly useful in science when we need to express very large numbers. The video below presents a classic exploration of powers of 10, which you … Continue reading →

On Thursday, October 4th we’ll have our test on the material from Chapter 1. Good luck!