GRADE 8(REGULAR) SYLLABUS FOCUS

Number theory

• Rational & Irrational numbers
• Cubes and cube roots of numbers.  
• Significant figures.  
• Percentages
• Limits of accuracy
• Indices
• Simple Interest 
• Compound Interest

      To find compound interest when interest is compounded annually.

Algebra

• Number sequences; recognize patterns in sequences generalize to simple algebraic statements (including expressions for the nth term) relating to such sequences.  
• Revise fundamental concepts and operations of algebra (excluding division), polynomials
• Basic Identities
• Substitution
• Simplification and Expansion of algebraic expressions.
• Factorization
• Grouping the terms
• Splitting the middle term
• Using algebraic identities
  
• Simultaneous equations
  
• Substitution method
  
• Elimination method
  

Pythagoras theorem

•       Finding the unknown side of a right angled triangle
•       Pythagorean triples
•       Application sums
  

  Mensuration

• Area of a trapezium, parallelogram, triangle, square and rectangle
  
• Volume and surface area of a cube, cuboid, cylinder

Coordinate Geometry

• Interpret and obtain the equation of a straight line
  
• Determine the equation of a straight line parallel/perpendicular to a given line.
• Calculate the gradient and y intercept of a straight line from the co-ordinates of two points on it

Circles

• Angle properties of circles
• Angles in opposite segments of circles
• Tangent from an external point

Statistics

• Mean, median and mode

Probability

• Experiments and sample space
  
• Probability of single event as fraction or decimal.