South Australian Year 8 Maths Topics

Below are the topics that sit within South Australian Year 8 mathematics. When you click on a certain topic, you will be take to all the subtopics.

• Working with Numbers
  Sub Topics:

  • Adding and Subtracting Integers
  • Multiplying Integers
  • Dividing Integers
  • Order of Operations
  • Decimals
  • Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
  • Terminating and Recurring Decimals
  • Power and Roots
  • Prime Factors
  • Index laws
  • Further Index laws
• Fractions and Percentages
  Sub Topics:

  • Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  • Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
  • Percentages, Fractions and Decimals
  • Fractions of a Quantity
  • Percentage of a Quantity
  • Expressing Amounts as Fractions and Percentages
  • Percentage Increase and Decrease
  • Non-Calculator Percentages
  • The Unitary Method
• Money and Financial Matters
  Sub Topics:

  • Profit, Loss and GST
  • Percentage Problems
• Rates and Ratios
  Sub Topics:

  • Equivalent Ratios
  • Simplifying Ratios
  • Dividing Quantity into Given Ratio
  • Ratio Word Problems
  • Rates
  • Rate Problems
• Time and Travel
  Sub Topics:

  • Scale Maps and Plans
  • Speed
  • Time Differences
  • Travel Graphs
• Algebra
  Sub Topics:

  • Adding and Subtracting Terms
  • Multiplying Terms
  • Dividing Terms
  • Index Laws for Multiplying and Dividing
  • Power of a Power
  • Zero Index
  • Mixed Index Laws
  • Expanding Expressions and Simplifying
  • Factorising Expressions
  • Factorising with Negatives
  • Algebraic Expressions
  • Substitution
• Equations
  Sub Topics:

  • One Step Equations
  • 2 Step Equations
  • Equations with Brackets
  • Equations with Fractions
  • Harder Equations
  • Equation Problems
• Graphing Linear Equations
  Sub Topics:

  • The Number Plane
  • Finding Rules for Number Patterns
  • Finding the Rule
  • Tables and Values
  • Graphing Linear Equations
  • Finding the Equation of a Line
  • Solving Equations Graphically
  • Intersecting Lines
• Pythagoras
  Sub Topics:

  • Calculations with Square Roots
  • Finding the Hypotenuse
  • Finding a Shorter Side
  • Testing for Right Angled Triangles
  • Testing for Pythagorean Triads
  • Mixed Problems
  • Pythagoras Word Problems
• Area and Perimeter
  Sub Topics:

  • Perimeter
  • Metric Units for Measurement of Area
  • Area of Rectangles, Triangles and Parallelograms
  • Area of a Trapezium
  • Area of Kites and Rhombuses
  • Parts of a Circle
  • Circumference of a Circle
  • Area of Circles
• Volume
  Sub Topics:

  • Metric Units for Volume
  • Volume of a Prism
  • Volume of a Cylinder
  • Volume and Capacity
• Geometry
  Sub Topics:

  • Angle Geometry
  • Angles on Parallel Lines
  • Classifying Triangles
  • Classifying Quadrilaterals
  • Properties of Quadrilaterals
  • Angle Sum of Triangles and Quadrilaterals
• Congruent Figures
  Sub Topics:

  • Transformations
  • Congruent Figures
  • Tests for Congruent Triangles
  • Proving Properties of Quadrilaterals
• Probability
  Sub Topics:

  • Probability
  • Complementary Events
  • Venn Diagrams
  • 2 way tables
  • Probability Problems
  • Experimental Probability
• Investigating Data
  Sub Topics:

  • Organising and Displaying Data
  • Types of Data
  • Mean and Mode
  • Median and Range
  • Analysing Frequency Tables
  • Dot Plots, Stem and Leaf Plots
  • Frequency Histogram and Polygons